DRINK DASH & CRASH

MAN ALLEGEDLY FAILS TO PAY BAR TAB & HITS CARS

SHOOTING CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 affidavit states, “The next thing she remembered, she was in the living room holding Nulisch, who was covered in blood. She was screaming, which woke up Kinn. Kinn contacted 911 and let responding deputies in the front gate a few minutes later. Holbrook stated Nulisch did not make any statements while he was laying on the floor,” the affidavit states, despite Kinn’s report to detectives that Nulisch had told him that Holbrook had shot him in the back.

In later interviews with detectives, Holbrook said she had remembered more.

JIM McCARTHY jim@keysweekly.com

A Cooper City man reportedly caused $40,000 in damage to several vehicles at a Key Largo bar parking lot and failed to pay his drink tab.

According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, 27-year-old Mohammad Shakeel Rehman was charged with larceny, DUI, and reckless driving following the June 11 incident at Gilbert’s Resort.

Per an arrest report, staff called a sheriff’s deputy, who was on the premises conducting special detail, to the front parking lot for the report that a black Honda truck struck several vehicles while attempting to exit. Restaurant staff told the deputy that a male was driving erratically in the parking lot, striking four cars. Three vehicles that were struck were unoccupied. A female worker was inside her vehicle when she was hit by the truck. She was uninjured.

As the deputy walked over to the black truck, a woman was in the driver seat. Identified as Rehman’s girlfriend, she initially told the deputy she lost control of the truck and crashed into the vehicles. Per the arrest report, three witnesses told the deputy that Rehman was the driver and switched seats with his girlfriend. The deputy asked her again if she was the driver, to which she replied that Rehman was behind the wheel. The woman wasn’t arrested.

Deputies observed Rehman slurring his speech and smelled alcohol from his breath. They said Rehman became upset and began to yell profanities. He also reportedly hit his girlfriend twice, once with his elbow and the other time with his forearm, leading deputies to handcuff Rehman.

According to Gilbert’s staff, Rehman never paid his $63.43 bar tab before leaving. A copy of the receipt showed he ordered two house vodka drinks, three house tequila shots and one Tito’s vodka.

Rehman was taken to the Plantation Key Jail. His arraignment is set for June 28 before Judge Sharon Hamilton.

The victim, Nulisch, was lying on the living room floor, bleeding from his lower back. A 9 mm Smith & Wesson handgun was visible to investigators, along with a spent shell casing on the floor near a dog kennel, the affidavit states.

The roommate said he was aware of two handguns in the home, one of which was owned by Holbrook, who told police she had been in a dating relationship with the victim for about nine months, and was living with him in the Big Coppitt home.

When paramedics and deputies arrived, Nulisch was unconscious, but breathing. He was taken to Lower Keys Medical Center, where he died an hour later.

Kinn, the roommate, who had been sleeping in his bedroom, told investigators his roommates had been arguing, and he was later awakened by Holbrook’s scream.

When he went to the living room to investigate, Nulisch was lying on the floor bleeding and was in and out of consciousness. When the roommate asked the victim what had happened, Nulisch reportedly said, “The bitch shot me in the back,” according to the arrest affidavit.

Kinn told detectives Holbrook hadn’t responded when the victim said she had shot him in the back.

Kinn was neither charged nor arrested.

He told detectives the three roommates had been drinking alcoholic beverages after work on the patio under their stilted house. All three eventually went to bed. Then the roommate woke up when he heard Holbrook screaming in the living room.

During interviews with detectives, “Holbrook stated there was a gap in her memory.” After going to bed in the room she shared with the victim, the

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Last March, the dais approved a $1.7-million payment to Page for excavating to replace 500 malfunctioning poly check valves, as well as concrete ring replacement around vacuum pit lids that were considered hazardous. The council also approved some $2.2 million to Page for installation of more poly check valves and repairs around more vacuum put lids. Per a village staff report, the village submitted many invoices from Page for capital project work for reimbursement through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Joaquin Miranda works as the village’s wastewater operations manager. He told the dais that maintenance of the sewer system requires boots on the ground each day. Wastewater is similar to a living organism, he said.

“She stated she remembers Nulisch leaving their bed and walking to the bathroom. When he returned from the bathroom, he was like a different person and began to attack her. While she was being held against the wall, she described Nulisch squeezing her throat with his hands hard enough that it restricted her breathing. No marks of any kind were observed around her throat. No petechiae were observed in either of her eyes,” according to the affidavit.

(Petechiae are small, flat red dots that represent burst capillaries, according to medical forensics. In strangulation cases, they are above the point of constriction and are a result of the obstruction of the jugular veins.)

The arrest document continues, “Holbrook stated she punched and scratched Nulisch. Bruising on several knuckles on her right hand were observed. Holbrook stated she believed Nulisch was attempting to kill her. She continued to claim there was a gap in her memory and she did not remember how she was able to get away from Nulisch. Holbrook stated she had not fired a gun since moving from Stuart, Florida over nine months ago.”

“Based on Kinn’s statement, the dying declaration made by Nulisch to Kinn, the inconsistencies in Holbrook’s statements, Holbrook’s lack of injuries consistent with strangulation, and my training and experience, I believe there is probable cause to arrest Brittany Hollbrook for murder,” the affidavit states. Holbrook’s mugshot and arrest report on the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office website shows her job as a “manager in Key West.” The MCSO website shows no other arrests for Holbrook in Monroe County.

County property records state that the home at 491 Avenue F, Big Coppitt Key is owned by Manuel Ruiz, who owns four other properties in Monroe County.

According to Miranda, the village has 62 concrete pits that pose a trip hazard. There are five pits that still need to be installed in the village.

“It’s a system we have to keep moving, whether it be a small project, because there are a lot of small projects that I’m running into,” Miranda said. “We still have projects that need to move forward with (new) valves put in.”

Councilman Mark Gregg shared his concerns regarding the cost to perform the audit.

“There may be more that needs to be done once they dig into it, which is code that it’s going to cost more,” he said. “Sue Miller spoke last time that the state offers audit services. I’d like to learn more about that.”

Mayor Buddy Pinder said time is of the essence. “I just want accountability. That’s all,” he said.