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Sheriff Bob Gualtieri speaks to reporters at a news convention at the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office headquarters today in Largo, Michael Hartwick, a Florida sheriff’s deputy who works the afternoon shift to ensure some protection in a structure domain beaten and killed by a front loader worker, officials said.
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Construction personnel leave the scene in the westbound lanes of I-275 near Gandy Boulevard today in St. Petersburg, Florida, where Rep. Michael Hartwick, 51, punched and killed overnight. True safety of an area of the structure, struck and killed by an employee driving a front loader, authorities said.
St. PETERSBURG, Fla. >> A Florida sheriff’s deputy working night shifts to ensure the safety of a structure domain was beaten and killed by an employee operating a front loader that is illegally in the United States, authorities said today.
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Hartwick began his shift shortly before the crash occurred Thursday night on Interstate 275, Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said in a pair of news meetings today.
The initial call given through the worker, Victor Vazquez-Real, is false, Gualtieri said. His genuine call is Juan Ariel Molina-Salles, 32, who the sheriff says is a migrant from Honduras who arrived in March and deported earlier.
“It’s been ici. I’ve driven this thing,” Gualtieri said of the giant road-structure vehicle. “He works. “
Molina-Salles fled the structure site on foot, allegedly with the help of a colleague, but hounds were eventually discovered, the sheriff said.
The sheriff said Hartwick blocked the internal southbound lanes of the highway and the condition on the shoulder of the highway when he traversed the front loader traveling at about 20 mph. Hartwick died instantly, Gualtieri said.
The employee of the structure continued to drive for about a mile before stopping in a parking lot, the sheriff said. He then told the employee of the structure that he had killed a parliamentarian. The employee took Molina-Salles’ device and hid it in a wooded area, the sheriff said.
The sheriff said Molina-Salles would be charged with leaving the scene of a twist of fate resulting in death, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 4 years in prison. The other employee of the structure is accused of being a partner after the fact.
It didn’t take long to clarify whether Molina-Salles had an attorney who could speak on his behalf. He had not yet been imprisoned until the afternoon.
Hartwick had been with them for 19 years.
“Mike is a smart guy, a smart cop,” Gualtieri said. “He did his job. “
The company that employs the two workers, Tampa-based Archer Western Construction, did not respond to a phone call seeking comment. The company is involved in several primary transportation projects in the Tampa Bay area, some related to contracts with the state of Florida.
Gualtieri referred the case to U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which has jurisdiction over immigration matters.
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