Philips claimed he hadn't used narcotics the day of the incident, but hospital records indicate he tested positive for amphetamines, cannabinoids and benzodiazepines. He also claimed he dropped the crossbow before the deputy shot him. He said he also believed that people or aliens may be coming to take a meteorite he had previously found, because it was worth a lot of money. The next day, Phillips told investigators that when the deputies entered the home the day before, he was naked on the floor, praying to "Earth and native God," he said. Phillips dropped the crossbow and was administered treatment by deputies and then EMS. More: SRSO: Armed suspect wounded in Jay officer-involved shootingĪfter several hours of unsuccessfully trying to get Phillips to exit the home, four deputies entered the home and heard Phillips state he was "armed and dangerous." After they entered into the home, they observed Phillips naked and armed with a crossbow, which he aimed at the deputies, according to the report.ĭeputy Kevin Dalgleish told FDLE investigators he was in fear for his and the other deputies' safety when he shot and wounded Phillips in the right armpit. Deputies responded and the father again told them that Phillips had threatened to shoot him with a crossbow. Later that morning, the father called 911 again and said his son had locked himself inside their home on Highway 4 in Jay and wouldn't let him inside. The father arranged to meet deputies at a convenience store, but never appeared, according to the report. 20 from a man who said his son, 26-year-old Glen Phillips, was under the influence of narcotics and had threatened to shoot him at his home, according to a Florida Department of Law Enforcement report released Wednesday. Sheriff's Office deputies received a 911 call Oct. Nolan of the Civil Rights Division’s Criminal Section.A Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office deputy has been cleared of wrongdoing after he shot and wounded a naked man who aimed a crossbow at him and other deputies as they attempted to arrest the man for barricading himself inside a house.
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Gaugush of the Middle District of Florida and Trial Attorney William E. Dennis, 56, of Pasco County, Florida, is also charged for his role in the conspiracy. One of Sigler’s co-conspirators, Pascual Carlos Pietri, pled guilty to the same charge as Sigler in 2015, and was sentenced to 37 months imprisonment on March 23, 2016.
Sigler’s co-conspirators then carried the cross to the victims’ front yard, leaned it against their mailbox, and set the cross on fire. Using wood and tools from the host of the Halloween party, Sigler and his co-conspirators constructed a wooden cross and poured gasoline on the cross. On Halloween night, Sigler attended a party at a neighbor’s house, where several Seward Drive residents decided to burn a cross in the front yard of the interracial couple in order to intimidate them and force them to move from the residence. After an interracial couple moved next door, Sigler harassed the African-American neighbor with racial slurs and derogatory statements, and on one occasion, physically assaulted him. Such behavior is unacceptable.”Īccording to court documents, in September and October 2012, Sigler was living on Seward Drive in Port Richey in a predominantly white community. “This case demonstrates people who act out such prejudices will be held accountable. “Unfortunately, people hold bias and prejudice against others for no apparent reason,” said Special Agent in Charge Paul Wysopal of the FBI Tampa Division. Acts of hatred such as this simply cannot be tolerated under law.” “It is sad that crosses are being burned in front yards in the 21 st century. Lee Bentley III for the Middle District of Florida. “No one should be threatened or intimidated in his home because of his race, color, or creed,” said U.S. “The Justice Department will continue to vigorously prosecute those who engage in such violent acts.” “The defendant threatened and intimidated a couple in their home and neighborhood, denying them of the simple ability to feel safe where they lived, on account of race,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Tom Wheeler of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, to one count of conspiring with others to threaten, intimidate, and interfere with an interracial couple’s enjoyment of their housing rights, in violation of U.S. The Justice Department today announced that Thomas Herris Sigler, III, 45, of Port Richey, Florida, pled guilty in the U.S.
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