FWC Officer run over in Tampa

The Sheriffs Office is investigating a incident involving an FWC officer who got run over by an ATV in Tampa.

2019AND WAS CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACYTO COMMIT COMPUTER INTRUSION.NEW FROM OVERNIGHT... TWO MENARE UNDER ARREST... AND A THIRDIS ON THE LOOSE... AFTER AFLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFEOFFICER WAS RUN OVER BY AN ATVDURING A NIGHT CONFRONTATION.IT HAPPENED NEAR TAMPAMCKENNA KING HAS MORE ON WHATHAPPENED.DOZENS OF DEPUTIES AND OFFICERSFROM FWC AND MULTIPLE POLICEAGENCIES ARE ON THE HUNT FORTHAT THIRD SUSPECT.THEY’RE COMBING THROUGH NEARLY24 THOUSAND ACRES OF PROPERTYTHATS ROUGHLY THE SIZE OFCLEARWATER.SHERIF GRADY JUDD━ POLK COUNTYSHERIFF’S OFFICE"Understand he was an hour deepin the woods from here."AN OFFICER WITH THE FLORIDA FISHAND WILDLIFE CONSERVATIONRESPONDING TO CALLS AROUND 9 OCLOCK SATURDAY NIGHT... OFPOACHERS AT THE RIVER RANCHHUNT CAMP.MAJOR ROGER YOUNG━ SOUTHWESTREGIONAL COMMANDER, FWC"He saw the light shine in thewoods, he got a little closer,heard the gunshot, and he wasable to stop and detain thesubjects."LAW ENFORCEMENT SAY THE OFFICERDISARMED THE SUSPECTS WHICH ISWHEN THEY JUMPED HIM HIT HIMWITH AN ATV AND TOOK OFF.MAJOR ROGER YOUNG━ SOUTHWESTREGIONAL COMMANDER, FWC"They decided that this wasgonna be the night where he wasgonna have to fight for hislife, and that’s what he did."DEPUTIES WITH THE POLK COUNTYSHERIFF’S OFFICE USED THE G-P-STRACKER FROM THE F-W-C VEHICLETO LOCATE THE OFFICER AND TAKEHIM TO THE HOSPITAL.NEARLY 100 LAW ENFORCEMENTOFFICERS HELD A PERIMETER ALLNIGHT SEARCHING FOR THE OWNEROF A SUBMERGED A-T-V AND A CELLPHONE THEY FOUND ON THE HUNT.SHERIFF GRADY JUDD━ POLK COUNTYSHERIFF’S OFFICE"FWC and their specialoperations group, at about sunup, surrounded the camp."AFTER SEARCHING NEARLY 5THOUSAND CAMP SITES LAWENFORCEMENT IDENTIFIED THESE TWOMIAMI MEN.MICHEL AMALFI AND LAZARAMILIAN.SHERIFF GRADY JUDD━ POLKCOUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE"These folks from Miami, made amistake when they set up camp inPolk County."THE HUNT’S NOT OVER.

A THIRDSUSPECT STILL ON THE LOOSESOMEWHERE INSIDE THE VAST WILDLAND AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PLANSTO FIND THEM.SHERIFF GRADY JUDD━ POLK COUNTYSHERIFF’S OFFICE"When you attack one lawenforcement officer, you haveattacked all law enforcementofficers."(MCKENNA)FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE ISOFFERING A 5 THOUSAND DOLLARREWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADINGTO THE ARREST OF THE THIRDSUSPECT.THEY’RE ASKING ANYONE WITHINFORMATION TO CALL F-W-C CRIMESTOPPERS OR THE POLK C