JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — We first brought you that story Monday night and we have learned that home went without a business license for years before it was shut down.
We now know this all started with a fire alarm behind the house. We combed through the official report and found it led fire crews to a group home off Agnes Street.
A resident was smoking in (his or her) room and firefighters couldn't get in because of a locked fence.
After more investigating, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said they eventually found doors locked from the outside and soda bottles used as toilets. They shut the home down.
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"What qualifications did he have, what licenses did he have, what was the situation here -- it is certainly something we want to find out more," said John Harrell, of the Florida Department of Children and Families.
By phone we spoke with Shelisha Coleman with the Agency for Health Care Administration, which licenses group homes.
She said the facility was last inspected in March after it was cited for training deficiencies that were eventually fixed.
"When we conducted a revisit -- we did not find those conditions when we conducted the visit," Coleman said.
Other complaints go back to 2009.
We're told the facility's license is up to date but its business license expired in 2011, as we reported Monday
We're told all 10 people removed from the home are now in new facilities or with families. All of them are either mentally or physically handicapped.
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