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Posted: 6:59 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015
Sex offender fighting demands he move out of Lake Nona home
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. —
Two registered sex offenders are taking the city of Orlando to court, in a fight over where they can live.
The men say they were given the OK by the state to live in a Lake Nona neighborhood, but according to the city, their home is too close to local parks.
Convicted sex offender David Levitats' $500,000 home is just a short distance from a small park where neighbors say a lot of children play.
"I think it would be terribly unfair now to ask me to leave," he told Channel 9's Janine Reyes.
Levitats is a former physician, convicted of having sex with a 13-year-old in 2005. He's now on probation and just recently purchased and moved into the house.
He moved into the house with his wife and with convicted sex offender Brian Zuvich.
Zuvich was arrested in 2012 when officers said he had hundreds of child pornography videos in his apartment.
Families who live next door to the men said they don't like that they live in their neighborhood.
"There's a lot of kids in this neighborhood, in this area," resident Daniel Rivera said.
Rivera has a teenage daughter, but he's not the only one who wants his new neighbors out. The probation department and police said Levitats and Zuvich have to go.
"We continue to be told that we are in violation of a city ordinance," Levitats said.
"By the police department?" Reyes asked.
"Yes ma'am," Levitats said.
There are two small parks near Levitats' house. In a lawsuit, Levitats and Zuvich claim that they are not banned from living near the parks.
Levitats said his probation officer gave him the go-ahead before he moved in, but said police have given him notice that he and Zuvich are in violation.
"Certainly I understand he has bought a house, but on the other hand he has a responsibility with the law," Rivera said.
Zuvich has been told he has until Friday to leave the home, unless a judge signs a temporary injunction that he and Levitats are trying to obtain.
The Florida Department of Corrections admits it initially gave the men permission to live in that house, saying their resources didn't show the parks.
But official there said offenders and probation officers should make sure they are in compliance.
