HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Police arrested the former president of a Hallandale Beach co-op building — the subject of multiple Local 10 Investigates stories — after they said he left a hand-drawn photo of a gun on a resident’s doormat.
That resident, Deborah Erlichson, had taken out a restraining order against Larry Reinfeld, 75, after she said he subjected her to constant verbal abuse and harassment. He’s also been caught on camera hurling curse words at other female residents.
Erlichson said the drawing made her fear for her life.
“What sick person would do something like that?” she asked.
Erlichson said in February that in one instance, Reinfeld, upset she “didn’t leave him room for parking,” called her a “f---ing b---- Jewish whore.”
He has also made fun of her speech impediment, called her a drug addict and threw a chair at her door, she said.
Reinfeld, who resigned after Local 10 News’ first story about him in February, was arrested for violating that court order. It mandated he have no contact with Erlichson and stay five feet away from her residence.
A witness reported seeing Reinfeld writing something on a piece of paper and leaving it on Erlichson’s doorstep Sunday, according to an arrest affidavit. That witness told investigators he also ripped down her Hanukkah poster.
In body camera video, Reinfeld told Hallandale Beach police officers that he didn’t understand why he was being taken to jail.
“You’re not telling me why I’m being locked up,” he said on the video.
Reinfeld wasn’t happy to see Local 10′s Jeff Weinsier and grabbed his camera as he questioned him about the arrest.
He claims he didn’t draw the photo.
“What I want to know is if that is your artwork?” Weinsier asked.
“It’s not,” Reinfeld said.
“There’s a witness that says it is,” Weinsier replied.
“She has cameras,” Reinfeld retorted. “Why isn’t it on the cameras?”
Reinfeld later told Weinsier that he’s the real victim in the case and that there’s a group of residents aiming to get him thrown out.
Erlichson said she plans to go back to the judge and let him know about the drawing.