Thread: Tampa Police Department, FL, End of Watch February 25, 2006 | Detective Juan Serrano

Tampa Police Department, FL, End of Watch Saturday, February 25, 2006 | Detective Juan A. Serrano

https://www.odmp.org/officer/18180-d...juan-a-serrano

Summary:
February 25, 2006

Detective Juan Serrano was killed when his department vehicle was struck by a hit-and-run driver at the end of the Gibsonton Drive exit of I-75.

The driver of the other vehicle, who ran a red light and struck Detective Serrano's vehicle, fled on foot but was apprehended a short time later by a deputy from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

Detective Serrano was flown to Tampa General Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

The suspect was charged with DUI, leaving the scene of an accident involving death, driving without a license, and immigration charges. He was convicted of DUI manslaughter and sentenced to the maximum 30 years in prison.

Detective Serrano, who served as the Tampa city mayor's executive protection officer and driver, had just left a function that the mayor was attending. He had served with the Tampa Police Department for 17 years. He is survived by his wife and three children.

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Driver who hit, killed off-duty FL detective was drunk | Detective Juan A. Serrano

https://www.police1.com/investigatio...IBoaUhJSmvZ0x/

TAMPA - The man accused of killing a police detective in a hit-and-run crash was charged Tuesday with drunken driving.

Jose Luis Espinosa’s blood-alcohol level was 0.164 percent, sheriff’s spokesman J.D. Callaway said. That is more than twice the 0.08 percent at which the state presumes a person to be intoxicated.

The test results prompted the sheriff’s office to charge Espinosa, 35, with manslaughter while driving under the influence of alcohol and vehicular homicide. They are in addition to previous charges of driving without a valid license and leaving the scene of an accident involving death.

The manslaughter charge is a second-degree felony.