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St. Pete Apartment Building Where Security Guard Was Slain Has Been a Source ...

ST. PETERSBURG - Police knocked on doors today at Mariner's Pointe apartments, seeking clues to the overnight shooting death of private security guard Mathew Finley Little, on the grounds of the 386-unit complex.

But the gated apartment complex seemed largely quiet otherwise, as Pinellas County school buses dropped off children who live in rental units at the densely developed complex, off Pinellas Point Drive South.

Some neighbors who own single family homes near the complex said they were aware of the police presence at the complex today, but did not know about the murder.

At 2 a.m. Monday, May 16, 2011, police found Little's body near the tennis courts and pool area , after the security company that employed the 26-year-old guard lost contact with him after he went on a foot patrol of the campus.

Critical Intervention Services of Largo has offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for the uniformed guard's death.

Meanwhile, neighbors who live in single family homes near Mariner's Pointe complained today that noise and problems have increased over the years at the complex.

"Things have gotten run down over there; nothing is ever fixed," said Ivey Perska, who has lived across 66 Avenue South from Mariner's Pointe for 16 years. He pointed to a boulder used for landscaping that had been rolled into the road, saying it has been there for weeks without anyone trying to move it back into place.

"A lot of people go in and out of there all night. People from the apartment buildings have broken into homes around here."

Perska said that he installed surveillance cameras around his house, since experiencing two attempted break-ins two years ago. "People come from the apartments, and look over the fences to see if anyone's home. Then they try to break in," he said.

Perska said it is not unusual to hear loud arguing, fights and even gunshots coming from the apartment complex at night. "They don't seem to screen the tenants at that place. It used to not be this way."

Indeed, iron fences stay closed at the entry to Mariner's Pointe, at 12th Street South and 66th Avenue South, allowing people to walk in and out, but restricting vehicle access to residents who live at the complex and their guests.

Perska said the gates keep people who do not live at Mariner's Pointe from driving through the complex, since the apartments seem to generate a lot of traffic, with visitors arriving on foot.

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