A man blamed for killing a Hillsborough County delegate in January has been prosecuted for first-degree murder, the Hillsborough County State Attorney's Office reported on Friday.
Travis Garrett, 28, would now be able to be indicted for deliberately slaughtering Deputy Brian LaVigne, 54.
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Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
Garrett is blamed for deliberately slamming his vehicle into the side of LaVigne's on January 11. LaVigne was liberated from his vehicle by the Jaws of Life and taken to Tampa General where he kicked the bucket from his wounds.
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Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister said there were no pallet marks on the scene that would show Garrett attempted to stop.
"Mr. Garrett purposefully switches two paths and goes into the go path to strike Cpl. LaVigne's vehicle," said Sheriff Chronister.
Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren reported his arrangement to look for the principal degree planned homicide of a police officer charge on January 22.
"This was a conscious assault on law authorization; he focused on a cop. At the point when you carry out a wrongdoing like this — when you cause torment this way — you ought to expect outcomes like this," Warren said. "In spite of losing a companion, the analysts dealing with this case are totally engaged. They're making a mind blowing showing working with our investigators to construct the most grounded conceivable case."
After his demise, the sheriff's office post mortem elevated LaVigne to the position of Sergeant to respect his long term administration to his local area.
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