Post by Largo Florida on Jan 5, 2006 11:36:54 GMT -5
Jan. 05, 2006 - Largo, Florida - Prosecutors will not pursue criminal charges against a Pinellas sheriff's detention deputy who got into a confrontation with a teenage boy outside his home last year.
Largo police arrested Mario R. Velazquez, 39, on a misdemeanor battery charge in November. Prosecutors decided last week not to pursue the charge.
Because Velazquez was not arrested on a felony charge, he remained on the job and is still employed at the Sheriff's Office, said Sgt. Jim Border, an agency spokesman.
Largo police arrested Velazquez after a 17-year-old boy said he shoved his badge into his forehead during a confrontation. Velazquez, who had previously told the boy to stay away from his daughter, found him on his property that day, police said.
Velazquez denied touching the boy's forehead with the badge and said the boy had become confrontational. He told police he felt threatened by the boy and his group of friends, who he said were growing increasingly aggressive.
Velazquez, who was off duty at the time, said he kept the gun at his side and did not point it toward any of the youths, said Bruce Bartlett, the chief assistant in State Attorney Bernie McCabe's office.
Bartlett said prosecutors decided Velazquez's actions were necessary and not unlawful.
How many other dads would get off threatening teenage boys with guns for trying to get in their daughters panties? Sorry Officer Velazquez, but your daughter likes the "bad boy" type and she's going to give it to one, one day and there's not a damn thing you can do when one porks her.
Largo police arrested Mario R. Velazquez, 39, on a misdemeanor battery charge in November. Prosecutors decided last week not to pursue the charge.
Because Velazquez was not arrested on a felony charge, he remained on the job and is still employed at the Sheriff's Office, said Sgt. Jim Border, an agency spokesman.
Largo police arrested Velazquez after a 17-year-old boy said he shoved his badge into his forehead during a confrontation. Velazquez, who had previously told the boy to stay away from his daughter, found him on his property that day, police said.
Velazquez denied touching the boy's forehead with the badge and said the boy had become confrontational. He told police he felt threatened by the boy and his group of friends, who he said were growing increasingly aggressive.
Velazquez, who was off duty at the time, said he kept the gun at his side and did not point it toward any of the youths, said Bruce Bartlett, the chief assistant in State Attorney Bernie McCabe's office.
Bartlett said prosecutors decided Velazquez's actions were necessary and not unlawful.
How many other dads would get off threatening teenage boys with guns for trying to get in their daughters panties? Sorry Officer Velazquez, but your daughter likes the "bad boy" type and she's going to give it to one, one day and there's not a damn thing you can do when one porks her.
