Police: Employee Vandalized Orlando LGBTQ Venues

Orlando’s Fox affiliate reports:

Orlando police detectives say acts of vandalism at two Orlando LGBTQ businesses earlier this year were not motivated by prejudice or hate.

Martin Narvaez, 49, has been charged with felony criminal mischief and throwing a deadly missile after police said he confessed to damaging windows of the District Dive bar and adjacent Southern Craft cocktail lounge.

The investigation led detectives to Narvaez, OPD said. “He [Narvaez] was interviewed by detectives and confessed to committing the crime.” Narvaez was described as “a long-term employee” of the business. He is currently behind bars in Volusia County on a probationary violation, according to OPD.

Read the full article. My January report on the incident is here. District Dive’s name comes from being located in Orlando’s Milk District, a lively collection of shops, restaurants, and bars surrounding a famed local dairy. Southern Craft, a brew pub from the same owners, is next door in the sprawling complex anchored by Southern Nights, one of Orlando’s oldest gay dance clubs.