“You always try to make small talk with folks, try to get the their opinion on things and what’s going on right there at that point in time, and it just went south real fast. “We all always call routine traffic stops routine, but obviously, that’s not the case,” Potters said on “Dan Abrams Live” on Monday. Potters had just finished telling the shooter that he, too, had kids, when the shooting began. When the adult got out, he had a gun and began firing. Potters was talking to an adult who was sitting in the back seat, and said he’d watch the infant while that adult got out to speak with Thoman. ( NewsNation Now) - Two Florida deputies credit their training with surviving an violent ambush during a traffic stop in late August.īrevard County deputies Brian Potters and Tyler Thoman had pulled over a car that had three adults and a 2-month-old baby inside. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.īREVARD COUNTY, Fla. 10.This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. He is scheduled to appear before a judge on Feb. Smith was booked at the Brevard County Jail Complex where he is currently being held without bond. “The defendant stated that he also planned to play with the victim to fulfill his sexual fantasies.” “ further planned to place the victim’s body into his closet where the defendant stated no one would know, and the defendant could have the victim’s body all to himself,” the arrest affidavit stated. The allegations against Smith then get particularly grisly and disturbing. Per Orlando CBS affiliate WKMG-TV, Smith told investigators he was “unlucky” that the victim was stronger than he thought and able to overpower him. Per the affidavit, Smith brought the mallet in case he needed hit the victim in the head and the Axe body spray was intended to spray in the victim’s eyes and temporarily blind him. Smith reportedly admitted to investigators that he strangled the victim and allegedly said he brought a bedsheet outside that he was planning on using to help him drag the man’s body up his driveway and into his bedroom. The victim reportedly told the police that he had never met or interacted with Smith prior to the attack. This time, however, he said Smith allegedly “came out of nowhere” and started strangling him.Īccording to the affidavit, after Smith was in custody he told officers he had been following the jogger for approximately six weeks to learn the man’s daily routine but only decided to murder him after watching a violent movie, though police did not specify which movie. The Pinellas County Sheriffs Office and the Tarpon Springs Police. The victim reportedly told investigators that he jogs the same route about four times per week using headphones and listening to music. TAMPA BAY, Florida - A police officer was shot and killed in Tarpon Springs, a coastal town a few miles northwest of Tampa Bay. The defendant then “tossed the clothing robe belt over the victim’s head until it was around the front area of the victim’s neck” and pulled it tight for “several seconds” causing a visible physical injury to the victim’s neck.
In order to improve our community experience, we are temporarily suspending article. Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for users to connect over interests and passions. Footage shows Florida police officers ambushed in broad daylight. The defendant waited for the victim to run past the light pole and proceeded to run after him,” a Brevard County deputy wrote in an arrest affidavit obtained by the station. Footage shows Florida police officers ambushed in broad daylight. He placed the mallet and the Axe aerosol on the ground next to him while he waited for the to come running down the street as he did regularly for exercise. “The defendant walked directly across his street where he hid behind a light pole. Smith allegedly planned the attack for weeks and brought several instruments, including a rubber mallet, with him when he allegedly attacked the man in front of Smith’s home located in the 7400 block of Batavia Avenue in Cocoa. However, Smith was reportedly overpowered by the victim, who reportedly studies martial arts then detained Smith until deputies with the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office arrived on the scene and placed him under arrest. Smith allegedly attacked the jogger in the area of Batavia and Kings Highway, about 45 minutes east of Orlando.
Logan Smith courtesy of the Brevard County Sheriff’s OfficeĪ Florida man was arrested this week after authorities say he ambushed and strangled a jogger whom he’d been tracking for weeks and allegedly planned to murder so he could keep the man’s body in his closet to “fulfill his sexual fantasies.” Logan Smith, 18, was taken into custody Monday and charged with one count of attempted murder, Orlando Fox affiliate WOFL reported. A gunman shot and wounded a Florida police officer in a parked patrol vehicle on Friday in an ambush-style attack, said the Miami Gardens Police Department, which apprehended the suspect.
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