Deputies in Broward County, Fla., are coming under fire from a man who says he was shot multiple times by police while he was napping in a car.
The deputies have a different take on the March 8 incident. They say they feared for their lives because Brandon Johnson, 21, of Pompano Beach, Fla., drove his borrowed Toyota Echo at them, Wptv reported.
A complaint affidavit about the incident states that Detective Ron Miller and Detective Andrea Penoyer Tianga, a cast member on the TLC reality TV show "Police Women of Broward County," were patrolling Pompano Beach in an unmarked Chevrolet Tahoe when they observed a "suspicious vehicle" backed into a parking space.
According to the affidavit, the two deputies observed "a black male in the driver's seat" "attempting to duck down in an effort not to be seen." Miller reportedly pulled the SUV in front of Johnson's car "to initiate a...
The deputies have a different take on the March 8 incident. They say they feared for their lives because Brandon Johnson, 21, of Pompano Beach, Fla., drove his borrowed Toyota Echo at them, Wptv reported.
A complaint affidavit about the incident states that Detective Ron Miller and Detective Andrea Penoyer Tianga, a cast member on the TLC reality TV show "Police Women of Broward County," were patrolling Pompano Beach in an unmarked Chevrolet Tahoe when they observed a "suspicious vehicle" backed into a parking space.
According to the affidavit, the two deputies observed "a black male in the driver's seat" "attempting to duck down in an effort not to be seen." Miller reportedly pulled the SUV in front of Johnson's car "to initiate a...
- 4/3/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Aol TV.
Two Broward Sheriff's Office deputies who have recently starred in reality TV shows are under investigation, according to reports.
Deputy Erika Huerta of TLC's "Police Women of Broward County" is the subject of an internal affairs investigation after a traffic stop in Pompano Beach in which she fired her gun at an unarmed man, the South Florida Times confirmed.
Huerta was not accompanied by cameras when she pulled over a car with a wrong and expired tag on September 28. According to NBCMiami, she stated in her report that after the driver put his hands in and out of the car several times she saw a dark object in his hand that he refused to drop. She fired once "to eliminate the threat," the report states, but missed. Click over to the South Florida Times for all the details.
Potentially facing more trouble is Deputy Jerry Wengert, who appeared in TLC...
Deputy Erika Huerta of TLC's "Police Women of Broward County" is the subject of an internal affairs investigation after a traffic stop in Pompano Beach in which she fired her gun at an unarmed man, the South Florida Times confirmed.
Huerta was not accompanied by cameras when she pulled over a car with a wrong and expired tag on September 28. According to NBCMiami, she stated in her report that after the driver put his hands in and out of the car several times she saw a dark object in his hand that he refused to drop. She fired once "to eliminate the threat," the report states, but missed. Click over to the South Florida Times for all the details.
Potentially facing more trouble is Deputy Jerry Wengert, who appeared in TLC...
- 12/22/2011
- by Janie Campbell
- Aol TV.
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