Friday, July 27, 2012
The deputy who shot and killed a get-away driver was in fear of death or serious physical harm when he shot his weapon, according to the state attorney's findings.
The State Attorney's Office has ruled that a deputy who recently shot and killed a woman as she tried to escape during a burglary was justified in the use of deadly force, according to findings released by the sheriff's office. Deputy Aaron Bradley shot and killed a get-away driver on July 18 as the woman was trying to escape from a burglary in the 900 block of 66th Avenue West. Deputies said that Joanna Mojica, 26, and her boyfriend, Jesse Flores, 26, had just burglarized the house and had a car full of stolen goods when they tried to escape by driving the car at the deputy. Three deputies tried to stop the pair, Bradley was directly in front of the car and two other deputies were to the right and left of the vehicle. Mojica drove her car…
Thursday, July 19, 2012
The 26-year-old woman drove a getaway vehicle toward officers, when she was shot by one of the deputies, authorities said.
A 26-year-old woman was killed Wednesday night after being shot by deputies as she tried to drive away from the scene of a crime. Her suspected partner in the crime has been charged with her murder. Joanna Ann Mojica, 26, was pronounced dead Wednesday night at Blake Hospital. Jesse Flores, 26, was arrested at the scene and charged with felony murder, two counts of attempted murder and burglary. Deputies were called out at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday night to a burglary in progress in the 900 block of 66th Avenue West. As deputies were approaching the residence, Mojica and Flores tried to escape in a vehicle parked in the driveway. Deputies ordered them to stop but Mojica, who was driving, kept coming at the deputies. One of the deputies …
A man who sped away from an undercover drug operation and was shot at by an officer he tried to run over was arrested Wednesday morning in Arkansas.
Bradenton police have tracked down the man a police officer fired shots at in the parking lot of the Super WalMart on Cortez Road after he tried to run down two officers as he tried to escape a drug sting, according to a police report. Thomas W. Spivey, 24, of Bradenton, was arrested in Arkansas Wednesday morning after leading police on a chase there. He has been charged with several felony offenses and is awaiting extradition back to Florida. Bradenton Police Department’s Narcotics and Casual Clothes Unit and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), received information that Spivey was at a family member’s residence in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Investigators contacted law enforcement officials in Eureka Springs, and coordinated …
alisagonzalez
12:33 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
you would think people would have a heart, but i guess not! no one deserves what happened to her. having to let her children c her n a casket going in the ground is nothing anyone would want. r.i.p joanna more ›