ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A 16-year-old who was arrested and accused of killing a St. Petersburg police officer made his first court appearance Wednesday and was ordered held without bail.
Nicholas L. Lindsey, 16, is under arrest for Monday's fatal shooting of St. Petersburg police officer David Crawford.Officer David Crawford was shot multiple times Monday night while investigating a report of a prowler in a neighborhood just south of Tropicana Field where the Tampa Bay Rays play baseball. Crawford was the third St. Petersburg officer to die in the line of duty in the last month.
Police identified the suspect as Nicholas Lindsey. He was arrested late Tuesday following an intense manhunt.
When he did make the admission on tape for us at the end of the day, it was quite apparent that he was remorseful in his actions, Police Chief Chuck Harmon said during a late night news conference. He cried.
Lindsey's father made a tearful apology to the officer in the courtroom Wednesday.
A Pinellas County Judge has assigned the public defender's office to represent Lindsey, but no specific attorney has been appointed. Prosecutors intend to try Lindsey as an adult, the newspaper reported. A grand jury would have to review the evidence and determine the charge.
Crawford, who was married, eligible for retirement and the father of an adult daughter, was pronounced dead at a hospital. Officers saluted the van that carried his body to the medical examiner's office Tuesday morning. Crawford, who loved horses, lived in a rural community north of St. Petersburg.
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Nicholas L. Lindsey, 16, is under arrest for Monday's fatal shooting of St. Petersburg police officer David Crawford.Officer David Crawford was shot multiple times Monday night while investigating a report of a prowler in a neighborhood just south of Tropicana Field where the Tampa Bay Rays play baseball. Crawford was the third St. Petersburg officer to die in the line of duty in the last month.
Police identified the suspect as Nicholas Lindsey. He was arrested late Tuesday following an intense manhunt.
When he did make the admission on tape for us at the end of the day, it was quite apparent that he was remorseful in his actions, Police Chief Chuck Harmon said during a late night news conference. He cried.
Lindsey's father made a tearful apology to the officer in the courtroom Wednesday.
A Pinellas County Judge has assigned the public defender's office to represent Lindsey, but no specific attorney has been appointed. Prosecutors intend to try Lindsey as an adult, the newspaper reported. A grand jury would have to review the evidence and determine the charge.
Crawford, who was married, eligible for retirement and the father of an adult daughter, was pronounced dead at a hospital. Officers saluted the van that carried his body to the medical examiner's office Tuesday morning. Crawford, who loved horses, lived in a rural community north of St. Petersburg.
Link: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/23/teen-arrested-in-killing-of-st-petersburg-police-officer-david/
