[Village Kid 2]

Originally Posted by NavyNJ

Interesting position/approach to take, for sure. However, I'm not so sure it is entirely just their call to make. For instance, aren't all CDD's south of 466A, like 5-10, all sharing in the costs on this? Why would only 1 CDD get to make the call on pursuing prosecution? The other thing that may not be entirely clear here is whether the local (County) or State authorities actually need any entity within TV to pursue legal action, in order for them to bring charges against those involved, once they knew who they were, and had sufficient evidence to bring charges.

You are correct that the State Attorney decides whether or not to bring charges in any criminal case, even if the victim does not want to press charges. So it is not strictly up to The Villages and they cannot elect to drop charges unless the State Attorney agrees. It is totally different in a civil case. And then there is the question of who the perpetrator is. One can't really bring criminal or civil charges without someone to charge. It sounds like they have come up with the easiest solution to remedy the problem with no mea culpas.