Just reading an article. During the six minutes Hatten spent locked in the cruiser, he cried out for cool air and demanded to be released. Local FBI head Jim Casey said his agency, with Seagraves' cooperation, is investigating potential civil rights violations by police in Nassau. And while the FBI isn't known for its interest in traffic matters, the ticket in question wasn't handled ordinarily. But any time you have a confrontation between a uniform officer and a plainclothes officer whose identity is not immediately established, there is a potential for a tragedy.”. Larry Keefe, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Florida, declined to comment. The agent’s vehicle tags didn't trace back to the government agency deputies expected. “(The agent's) demeanor appeared to change as if this agitated him,” Gordon said. An FBI agent investigating alleged police corruption in Franklin County ended up locked in a deputy's patrol car. CARRABELLE — An FBI agent checking out a complaint about police corruption in rural northwest Florida ended up handcuffed in the back seat of a patrol car after running into deputies who doubted his true identity. Hatten said Gordon had the heat on in his car, but the deputy denied it. “I don’t believe this,” Gordon said over his radio. You’re also coming back on a terror watch list. It was 66 degrees outside at the time, Gordon noted in his report. "We’re going to try to use this," Smith said, "to make both our agencies work together a lot better.”. The initial confrontation revolves around the FBI agent asking the police officer to turn off his body camera, with the police officer questioning the legitimacy of the FBI agent’s credentials. former Tallahassee City Commissioner Scott Maddox. They also highlighted the FBI's interest in the Sheriff’s Office, though it’s unclear whether that goes beyond a mere traffic ticket. After the ticketed driver complained to Sheriff Smith, he asked for an internal review. Unfortunately we will likely never know the full story of what happened here. “But you’re being very uncooperative with me.”. CARRABELLE, FL — An FBI agent checking out a complaint about police corruption in rural northwest Florida ended up handcuffed in the back seat of a patrol car after running into deputies who doubted his true identity. Two FBI agent were killed and three others were injured while serving a warrant in Sunrise, Florida, on Tuesday morning. We need to have some training, and we need to know who their people are. The meeting escalated into a roadside confrontation and culminated with the agent handcuffed in the deputy's patrol car. Gordon, in his report, said he answered their questions truthfully. Dooley, the former NYPD officer, said he didn't believe deputies did anything wrong at the scene. CARRABELLE — An FBI agent checking out a complaint about police corruption in rural northwest Florida ended up handcuffed in the back seat of … FBI agent detained Florida deputy caught on bodycam. “I can’t see,” Hatten said. "I've got the air on full blast. Hatten told me he wasn’t going to do that, he said he would have the U.S. attorney contact me directly to take care of this.”. On the day of the incident, Hatten rang Gordon on his personal cell — something the deputy found odd — and identified himself as an FBI agent. Was the FBI agent faking a heat stroke to later squeeze the PD? “I’m not cuffing you,” Gordon said. A Florida teen was arrested a second time Wednesday after running handcuffed along the beach, having escaped from a police cruiser when someone opened the … Gordon, waiting for his supervisor to show up, told Hatten he never showed him his badge. “It’s important to note that only a patient’s condition is known to that patient and the medical provider,” the FBI spokesperson said, “and only a patient can disclose that information.”. According to the South Florida … Use left/right arrows to navigate the slideshow or swipe left/right if using a mobile device. "I can't believe this is happening," the veteran FBI agent said. Sometime later the police establish the legitimacy of the FBI agent’s credentials. But he added he couldn't speak to the agency's investigative techniques in the Carrabelle inquiry. “I swear to the Lord Jesus,” Detective Matt Coleman said. "Nobody’s coming back with your name. Smith said most of his deputies have never seen a name appear on a the terrorist watch list or encountered FBI agents in the field. But Gordon declined. "He's down here on official business.". The FBI, citing privacy concerns, declined to say whether Hatten was physically harmed. “And the nominee for best actor ...” one officer quipped. The video starts with the FBI agent asking if the body camera is on. T.J. Carroll, to tell him what was going on. Moments later, an officer on the radio said he was on the phone with the agent’s supervisor. The … Law enforcement officers work where a shooting occurred wounded several FBI personnel while serving an arrest warrant, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Sunrise, Fla. Police in South Florida … “There’s something fishy with this right here.”, Hatten’s Ford Taurus came back to a business called Advanced Wiring Company in Jacksonville, a dispatcher said. Two FBI agents were killed Tuesday morning and three others were wounded while trying to serve a … The Sheriff's Office eventually handed it off to prosecutors, who dismissed it for lack of evidence. He was. “I don’t know how legitimate you are at the moment,” the deputy said. While being handcuffed, the fake agent allegedly began to talk into her shirt like she was talking into a police radio. CARRABELLE, FL– A strange interaction occurred between a sheriff’s deputy and an FBI agent in Florida on December 20 th, 2019. Brother I need air. Nearly 20 minutes into the encounter, Gordon’s colleagues arrived at the scene with stunning news: Hatten's name came back "hot" on a terrorist watch list. The FBI agent gets placed in the back of a police cruiser while the police are confirming his credentials. Or did the officer’s carelessness or malice induce an injury of an FBI agent? The posts feature a video of a black man wearing a red t-shirt getting handcuffed by two white police officers. But the agent wouldn't say how he got the deputy's personal cell phone or answer other questions, prompting the deputy to detain him. “We don’t see them often in our county,” he said. This eventually leads to a decision by the local police to detain and handcuff the agent when a number of uniformed and plain clothed police officers arrive on scene. “He’s going to ask why and you’re not going to be able to tell him.”. “There wasn’t, thank God. The police officer appears to turn on the air condition when the FBI agent asks him to. But the conversation went sideways after Gordon began to suspect Hatten wasn't really a federal agent. “I don’t want to be shot either,” Gordon replied. After a check of his driver's license, his name popped up on a terrorist watch list, according to bodycam footage and Sheriff A.J. Deputies picked the ticket up from the courthouse before it could be logged into the Clerk of Court's system. Gordon pulled it out and asked the deputy to take it. “Do you not see a badge?” the agent asked. They put him in the back of Gordon’s cruiser, its dark tinted windows rolled up. Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger and Special Agent Daniel Alfin were shot dead in Sunrise, Florida, this morning while serving the warrant in … Agent Hatten went to Carrabelle to ask about a traffic ticket Gordon gave to a prominent local businesswoman for leaving the scene of a Dec. 3 crash. God almighty!". Police charged 44-year-old police officer Derek Chauvin with second-degree murder after he was filmed kneeling on Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes shortly before he died. When the police run the plates the FBI agent’s car does not come back registered to any government agency. He left the scene in an ambulance. The ordeal unfolded after Special Agent Alexis Hatten traveled from Panama City to the small town of Carrabelle to ask about a citation the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office gave to a prominent businesswoman but later pulled back from the courthouse. One person who shared the video was Theo Shantonas. Carroll handcuffed Hatten with his hands behind his back and removed a semi-automatic Glock handgun from his hip holster. An FBI agent checking out a complaint about police corruption in Franklin County ended up handcuffed in the back seat of a patrol car after running into deputies who doubted his true identity. But the bureau suggested the sheriff may have overstepped in his assessment of the agent's condition. "With the information and knowledge that he had, I think he handled it appropriately," Smith said. Now body cam footage has been released, shedding light on the misunderstanding that took place. When the police run the plates the FBI agent’s car does not come back registered to any government agency. Sheriff Smith, in an interview, said “nothing was wrong” with Hatten when he was discharged from the hospital later that day. The tense standoff could have spiraled even further out of control, potentially putting officers in danger. “I need air brother,” Hatten said. Hatten hastily scheduled an interview with Deputy Rolf Gordon to talk about the ticket, which he'd issued a few weeks earlier. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Hatten said curtly it was "a covert vehicle.". The FBI confirmed on Tuesday two of its agents were killed and three more wounded while serving a search warrant in a child abuse case in Sunrise, Florida. Smith, who's running for a second term, said his opponents likely complained to the FBI to score political points in an election year. “I’ve lost my vision.”. "You think this is funny, but it won't be funny after today.". “Mr. It’s certainly not true.". A year before the death of George Floyd, another black man found himself in the cuffs of white Minnesota police officers -- wrongfully so. Contact Jeff Burlew at jburlew@tallahassee.com or follow @JeffBurlew on Twitter. “Two FBI agents … It still takes them some time to release him from the back of the police crusier, at which point the FBI agent appears to have suffered a heat stroke and asks for an ambulance. He said Gordon "erred on the side of caution.". Hatten asked to be taken to a hospital in Tallahassee. Was the FBI agent investigating the officer in question for corruption or was this just a small part of a larger operation? It escalated into a roadside confrontation — all caught on bodycam video  — between Hatten and the deputies. In a viral video circulating around Twitter, a black man is seen being handcuffed by two white officers. He wrote, “Police accidentally arrested an FBI agent after racially profiling him.” It’s been viewed more than 2 million times. “I don’t want to be shot out here,” Hatten said. At the meeting spot, Hatten flashed his FBI credentials and said he had spent the last 31 years investigating police corruption and civil rights violations. Franklin County Sheriff's Office, Tallahassee Democrat, a citation the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office gave to a prominent businesswoman, Inside the dismissed traffic ticket that raised FBI eyebrows. He was. Well you don’t need to be a deputy.”. Deputies requested paramedics as he peeled off his sweater and radioed FBI dispatch. Over in Florida, authorities arrested a man for allegedly impersonating a police officer. In the hours after Hatten was released, FBI agents and brass descended on Apalachicola, meeting with Gordon and the sheriff to find out what happened and why. “Oh good Lord. Two FBI agents were fatally shot and three were injured while serving a warrant in South Florida on Tuesday, triggering a massive law enforcement response, the agency said. Phil Keating reports from the crime scene in Sunrise, Florida. Was the police officer in the wrong here, the FBI agent, or both? “That’s one of the things that I talked about with the FBI. Gordon asked Hatten for his business card, but the agent said he doesn’t give them out. He said trouble could have been avoided if the FBI agent arranged for an interview in an office setting. Two FBI agents have been killed and three others wounded during a shootout in Florida while serving a search warrant, according to the FBI. Here we witness first-hand an FBI agent, that was investigating a police corruption case in Franklin County, Florida, getting detained, handcuffed, and locked in a police car. Later, on the phone with a supervisor, he explained the situation had “escalated” after he came to talk to Gordon. However, deputies later seemed to express confusion about the watch list. Never miss a story: Subscribe to the Tallahassee Democrat. A video depicting two policemen arresting a black man went viral amid the mass demonstrations over the death of George Floyd. I’ve been in a car. He said he couldn't release a document showing Hatten on the list because it's exempt under public record laws. He said he wanted to talk about the traffic ticket. He wanted to meet with Gordon to talk about “something going on in Carrabelle,” the deputy later wrote. The FBI was characteristically tight-lipped, saying it could neither confirm nor deny an investigation. Smith in a subsequent interview. Casey … Gordon asked Hatten whether he worked for the company. Gordon called his supervisor, Sgt. Now they do, he said. Smith said Hatten's name was linked to the watch list after the Sheriff's Office ran his license through the state's Driver and Vehicle Information Database. The agent radioed FBI dispatch to report what was happening. Franklin County sheriff deputies weren't sure if a man claiming to be an FBI agent was legitimate. They’ve had me smoking in the back.”. The police officers call for EMS, provide the agent with water, and stay on the scene until the EMS arrive (approximately 10 minutes later) and take the FBI agent away on a stretcher. . The records exposed normally secretive movements of the FBI, whose recent public corruption investigations in North Florida have led to numerous guilty pleas from government officials, including former Tallahassee City Commissioner Scott Maddox. Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh. Once Hatten was released, he repeatedly asked deputies to call 911, saying he needed medical attention. The man questions the actions of the police throughout . FBI Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger and FBI Special Agent Dan Alfin were shot and killed in the line of duty serving a search warrant in Sunrise, Florida, on Feb. 2, 2021. Tallahassee, FL — What started out as a hit and run ended with one FBI agent being sent to the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. AT LEAST one FBI agent has been killed following a shooting in Sunrise, Florida, with four others shot and two gravely injured. We’re going to secure you for your protection and ours.”. The man was allegedly an undercover FBI agent … It doesn’t seem that the police take the FBI agent’s condition seriously until the very end, at one point joking about him getting the nominee for best actor. “The FBI remains committed to full coordination with all of our law enforcement partners,” a bureau spokesperson said, “and we will continue to work together with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office to strengthen the relationship between our agencies and ensure the safety and security of this community.”. Carroll said one person advised Hatten's name was on the list and for law enforcement to "use extreme caution." “You’ve got to call the sheriff to let him know that his deputies have me stopped here and are holding me,” the agent said. That’s when the deputy — convinced the mystery man may be a fraud after all — activated his body camera. The FBI agent gets placed in the back of a police cruiser while the police are confirming his credentials.In one of the more dramatic moments you can hear the FBI officers begging the police officer for air “I need air, brother” and then later “I can’t breathe!”. Hatten, visibly perturbed, identified himself again and asked Gordon to turn the camera off. Gordon said he initially had the defroster set on cool but turned the air conditioner on full blast after the agent complained. "They must have told them there’s some kind of corruption or the sheriff is corrupt," he said. Law enforcement officers walk near the entrance to an apartment complex where a shooting wounded several FBI agents while serving an arrest … George Floyd was an unarmed black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. In the video, he insists that they have the wrong guy, but they do not listen. 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