Armed Man Attempted To Enter Wilton Manors Pride

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports:

Michael Monheit, 31, tried to enter the Wilton Manors event at the east security checkpoint about 8 p.m., the police department said in a news release Monday, about the same time the glow-in-the-dark nighttime parade was scheduled to start.

Metal detectors were at all entrances into the festival this year, the department said. An alarm activated when Monheit walked through one of the metal detectors, at Northeast 11th Avenue and Wilton Drive, “prompting security to immediately order Monheit multiple times to stop, which he ignored.”

Monheit ignored law enforcement officers who also ordered him to stop, but they detained him. Officers found a Glock 43 9mm handgun clipped to his waistband when they searched him, according to a probable cause affidavit, and two loaded 9mm magazines in his pocket.

Read the full article. Per the police, Monheit was previously involuntarily committed under the Baker Act.

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— South Florida Sun Sentinel (@SunSentinel) June 16, 2025