South Florida Man Shot Dead By Swat Team After Taking Two Condo Association Employees Hostage; Rage Due To Delinquent Maintenance, Assessment Fees

In Pompano Beach, Florida, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports:

• Upset over mounting fees levied by the Cypress Bend condo association, a man brandished a gun and took two association employees hostage Thursday before members of the Broward Sheriff's Office SWAT team shot him to death. Patrick Dellisanti, 57, lived in the 2200 block of South Cypress Bend Drive. "He was angry and he had complaints, but he let that anger turn to violence," said sheriff's spokesman Jim Leljedal.

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• Dellisanti lived with his mother, Edith Jemas, 80, who owned the condo. Neighbors said Dellisanti did not appear to have a job and said Jemas was ill and under the constant care of personal nurses. County records show that she was behind on her condo association dues, leading the association on April 11 to put a lien against her home. Jemas missed two quarterly maintenance fees, due Jan. 1 and April 1, totaling $1,707. She also owes a $2,498 special assessment, along with $100 in late fees, the records show. [...] A recent notice from the association about the mounting overdue payments and late fees are what pushed Dellisanti to confront the condo association employees, neighbors said.

For more, see Pompano Beach man killed by police after going on rage about condo fees.

For video coverage by CW News at 10, see Deadly SWAT Standoff at Pompano Condo.

See also, WFOR-TV Channel 4: Family Demands Answers In Fatal SWAT Standoff.