Doctor spit blood on trooper during DUI arrest

[mikey23545]

Wow...my wife actually worked with this guy just a couple of days ago...

Check out the video of his arrest...


Florida Highway Patrol: Doctor spit blood on trooper during DUI arrest


ORLANDO, Fla. -

A Central Florida doctor is accused of spitting blood in the face of a Florida Highway Patrol trooper who was trying to arrest him on drunken driving charges.

Troopers say Zachary Charles Bird, 41, was pulled over by troopers on State Road 417 Sunday morning after he almost collided his BMW with a marked FHP patrol car. Troopers conducted field sobriety tests before arresting Bird, who is a doctor of anesthesiology for Team Health and is contracted at the Parrish Hospital.

Dash camera video caught Bird in the patrol car after he was arrested, as he "repeatedly striking his head against the cage partition and the right rear passenger door, which resulted in a large laceration that bled profusely," according to the FHP report. Bird also tried to kick open the right rear door, causing damage to the door.

You can view the video by clicking here -http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Vid...b/-/index.html,- but warning, the video is graphic and contains profanity.

As Bird was thrashing around the car, he says in the video, "I see Officer Lynch and Officer Casselberry putting money into their pockets."

According to the report, the trooper then opened the door and tried to calm Bird down, who then spit a mouthful of blood in the trooper's face. Bird then tried to break away.

Troopers found $54,000, two guns and two prescription bottles with unidentified pills and liquid, according to the report. As authorities searched his car, he said "Document that money, (expletive). You officers are stealing my money."

Troopers believe Bird was upset authorities were confiscated his money and that's why he responded violently. He refused a drug and alcohol test and treatment at the hospital, according to the report.

Bird has been charged with driving under the influence, two counts of damage of property, one count of resisting an officer with violence and battery on an officer.

FDLE is testing the pills found in his car and results are expected back in a few weeks.

Parrish Hospital officials told Local 6 they have asked his employer, Team Health, to not allow Bird to return to the hospital because of the "seriousness of the allegations."

[frankotank]

you know.....he really messed himself up! the first head bashing bout surely required stiches. then he did it again and was bleeding so much you couldn't tell if he popped some new holes in his forehead......but I be he did. man oh man....if I had 50K in the car and got pulled over obviously wasted like that I'd be shitting my pants too!!!

[WhiteWhale]

You guys understand that police can basically seize sums of cash over 10,000 dollars because carrying that kind of cash is suspicious itself.

I remember a story years ago of a woman getting 30+ grand in cash seized at an airport. It was her boob job money. They didn't find any drugs or anything. I'd imagine they eventually get the money returned, but I've never had $10,000+ seized from me.

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by sedated

Isn’t the typical procedure to have someone he knows pick up the car or impound it? I’ve never gotten a DUI, so I don’t know. So, yes, I would expect them to leave the money in his possession via however they handle the car. The guns, only if they were registered to him and not loaded.

His car will be towed, "impounded", and most likely search.
All of the possessions he has on him and in his car can/will be confiscated but officers stuffing money in their pockets isn't any confiscation procedure I've ever heard of.

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by WhiteWhale

You guys understand that police can basically seize sums of cash over 10,000 dollars because carrying that kind of cash is suspicious itself.

I remember a story years ago of a woman getting 30+ grand in cash seized at an airport. It was her boob job money. They didn't find any drugs or anything. I'd imagine they eventually get the money returned, but I've never had $10,000+ seized from me.

Sure and no they don't always get it back.
It can be "tied up as evidence in an ongoing investigation" and you'd spend $30,000 in lawyers fees trying to get your $10,000 back.

[yeti]

Originally Posted by Setsuna

I hope he got his student loans payed off before this. Otherwise he's ****ed.

He was just going to use that $54,000 in cash for his loans I'm sure.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

daman?

[Setsuna]

Originally Posted by yeti

He was just going to use that $54,000 in cash for his loans I'm sure.

LOL just because he had money, doesn't mean he'd waste it on loans.

[sedated]

I'm assuming mikey is a cop. A normal person wouldn't get so upset over simple questions about police procedures.

Listen gestapo, not everyone has been brainwashed into believing every citizen is a criminal.

[TinyEvel]

This guy is so whacked out on his own drug cocktail it's not even funny.

As far as money goes: a guy was in Vegas gambling, acting whacked out, tipping waitresses 100 bills, was clutching a small duffel bag like his life depended on it. Pit bosses called the cops after he started getting belligerent. In jail he started bragging that he killed two people in Los Angeles, that he was a badass.
After investigating with LAPD they learned He had killed his room mate/drug dealer with a hammer in bed. That woke the girlfriend and he killed her too. She was my cousin. I'm glad they nabbed him. The duffel bag was full of cash he stole. He took a taxi to Vegas from LA.