Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Dead Man Ticketed For Speed
SARASOTA - When Trooper S.D. Murray pulled over a Kia speeding north on Interstate 75 on Sept. 29, he inadvertently gave a ticket to a dead man.
Murray issued a speeding ticket in the name of Angilo Freeland, who killed a Polk County deputy and his canine partner, DiOGi, about 45 minutes after Freeland was shot and killed while hiding in a wooded area near Lakeland.
The actual recipient of the ticket, Christina Richardson of Englewood, hadn't heard of Freeland until contacted by a reporter Monday. She had wondered why Freeland's name and address were on her ticket, however.
Murray looked at Freeland's information and photo on his in-car computer so that he would recognize the 27-year-old if he stopped him, Lt. Doug Dodson said.
When he pulled Richardson over at about 10:15 a.m. on Sept. 29 for driving 93 in a 70-mph zone, he inadvertently pasted Freeland's driver's license info into Richardson's ticket, Dodson said.
Freeland's license expired in 2003. When he was stopped for speeding in Lakeland on Sept. 28, he presented Deputy Doug Speirs with a fraudulently obtained ID card with the name of another man.
Speirs was suspicious, and Freeland ran into the woods, ambushing Williams and DiOGi. Both died and Speirs was wounded in the leg.
When she was stopped, Richardson was driving with a friend and didn't notice the error until she tried to pay the ticket.
Clerks in Sarasota County and reporters contacted the highway patrol, and troopers worked to correct the error Monday.
Murray's mistake won't be a lucky break for Richardson, who will receive a ticket with the corrected info, Dodson said.
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