“I got a gun,” she said. “And I will use that gun.”

9:29 AM, Sep. 16, 2012

South Fort Myers apartment complex welcomes sex offenders with nowhere to go; some neighbors upset

"Images from the Fairfield Apartments in south Fort Myers. It is home to more than 20 sex offenders plus other convicted felons.

Convicted sex offender Doug Hotz greets a passer-by through a screened porch at the Fairfield Apartments recently.

Julie Evans, left, and Kathy Johnson share a neighborhood with more than 30 sex offenders. Evans has armed herself.

Convicted sex offender, Donald Watrous,77, talks about his living experience at the Farfield Apartments in south Fort Myers.

Convicted sex offender, Doug Hotz sits in his apartment at the Fairfield Apartments recently.

South Fort Myers apartment complex houses sex offenders

Fairfield Apartments sits in a quiet neighborhood in south Fort Myers.

On a recent afternoon, children played on well-groomed lawns as a boy rode his bicycle down a winding street dotted with palm trees.

But Julie Evans has a message for her neighbors in the apartment complex down the street.

“I got a gun,” she said. “And I will use that gun.”

There are 22 registered sex offenders living at Fairfield Apartments and 12 in surrounding homes. Despite hostility from neighbors such as Evans, this neighborhood has offered the warmest welcome they’ve known."

http://www.news-press.com/article/20120916/NEWS0117/309160044/0/NEWS0101/Apartment-complex-welcomes-sex-offenders-nowhere-go-some-neighbors-upset
 
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