Recycle program available to residents
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“Brendan, now that you have a stable place to live and your rent is paid for a month, how about trying to get admitted to a hospital,” she asks on Aug. 2, the same day he texted her about chopping someone up and going on a killing spree.
In another text, she insisted that he needs his meds “to make sure you stay sane,” court records show.
Evans sent replies complaining that the meds make him drool and slur.
“I would rather lose all support from u than take an injectable experiment drug that they use on retarded ppl,” he said in one text on Sept. 11.
His mother wrote back: “It’s not experimental. Without an antipsychotic you may as well forget about trying to work. You will be insane and paranoid again within a couple of months. I don’t understand how you can’t see that.”
Evans has been charged with 17 counts of animal cruelty, one for allegedly trapping Ollie inside the suitcase and 16 for each of the deep stab wounds inflicted on the dog’s head and torso.
Maria Schneider, the prosecutor handling the case, predicts the trial is at least a year away.
Police also accused Evans of breaking into a Hollywood home on Aug. 23. The burglary charge has since been downgraded to trespassing.
Prosecutor Sheila Alu, who was handling the burglary case, says Evans was confused after checking out of the hospital and went to the wrong house. When his key got stuck in the lock, he broke a window and climbed inside. Once he realized it wasn’t his place, he left without taking anything, Alu said.
In between texting his mom, Evans texted several love interests, including a young mother with a toddler who lives in Virginia with her parents and dog. At one point, she sent him a text encouraging him to move back to Virginia, but he told her it’s too expensive.
Evans also exchanged several texts in late August with a Margate woman who had planned to meet him for drinks at Whiskey Tango in downtown Hollywood.
She canceled the date after learning of his prior arrests, including a bank robbery in Brooksville, Fla., in 2015, for which he is still on probation, and domestic battery charges in 2012 that were later dismissed.
In September, Evans texted one woman about adopting a kitten, but changed his mind because Hurricane Irma was on the way.
He also texted another woman about adopting a Chihuahua puppy, then told her the price was too high.
On Sept. 17, less than a month before the Ollie incident, Evans texted his mother to tell her he was bored and lonely.
She responded telling him she
“I would too if I didn’t work or go to school,” she wrote. “That’s one reason Larkin [Community Hospital] might be helpful, for a few months, maybe?”
Evans told her he’d think about it, then started texting a friend in South Florida and another in Virginia.
More than a month earlier, on Aug. 5, he sent a series of texts to a number that has since been disconnected talking about “Masonic mob cops and female Masonic assassins” and claiming to be a “genius with loads of money.”
In one text, he wrote: “Or should I say ‘I’m hearing voices’ like when I robbed the bank in Brooksville, in order to get off the street and save myself from Devraj and his slavemason murder cult.”
The next day, he texted someone — the person’s name and number were removed from the record — to say he was going to the psych ward. But 26 minutes later he changed his the text messages quickly, understands. mind: “Decided against Don’t trust the doctors.”
Later that day, he sent his mother a warning: “I’m violating my probation and making headlines tomorrow after humiliating you online!”
Seconds later, he sent her another text: “Machete time.”
She did not respond, court records show.
Two months later, a couple came upon a dog whimpering inside a suitcase. That dog was Ollie.
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The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County has a tip for residents on how to dispose of old devices and electronics: recycle.
The recycle program includes audio/visual equipment such as VCRs, stereos and game systems; cellphones and rechargeable batteries; computer CPUs and laptops; computer monitors, computer accessories such as keyboards, mouse devices, printers and scanners; televisions; telecommunications equipment such as phones and fax machines; and holiday lights.
The items will be accepted at the following locations:
Jupiter: North County Transfer Station, 14185 Military Trail, Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday 7 a.m.-3 p.m.;
West Palm Beach: Home Chemical and Recycling Center, 6161 N. Jog Road, Monday-Friday a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday a.m..–5 p.m.;
Belle Glade: Glades Regional Transfer Station, 1701 State Road 15, Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.;
Royal Palm Beach: West Central Transfer Station, 9743 Weisman Way, Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday 7 a.m.-3 p.m.;
Lantana: Central County Transfer Station, 1810 Lantana Road, Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday 7 a.m.-12 p.m.; 7 7
Delray Beach, West: Southwest County Transfer Station, 13400 South State Road 7, Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday 7 a.m.-3 p.m.;
Delray Beach, East: South County Transfer Station, 1901 SW Fourth Ave., Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday 7 a.m.-3 p.m.
Commercial quantity electronics may require special disposal. For more information, visit SWA.org/ Electronics or call 561-687-1100.