News Doctor spit blood on trooper during DUI arrest

mikey23545 · 05-25-2012, 10:25 AM

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."

vailpass · 05-25-2012, 10:31 AM

Wouldn't have bothered me if one of those seized pill bottles were found to contain several of the good doctor's teeth.

sedated · 05-25-2012, 10:35 AM

why were they "confiscating" his money?

**BigMeatballDave** · 05-25-2012, 10:37 AM

What a lunatic.

mikey23545 · 05-25-2012, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by sedated

why were they "confiscating" his money?

So you figure after they arrested him they were just going to leave the cash and guns in the car?...

Do you and Bump live together?

sedated · 05-25-2012, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by mikey23545

So you figure after they arrested him they were just going to leave the cash and guns in the car?...

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.

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 05-25-2012, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by sedated

why were they "confiscating" his money?

if it is determined that he was potentially selling prescription drugs on the black market, they will seize his money and the car.

mikey23545 · 05-25-2012, 11:58 AM

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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.

You are just kidding, right?

**Donger** · 05-25-2012, 11:58 AM

That's awesome.

Setsuna · 05-25-2012, 12:17 PM

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

**Bwana** · 05-25-2012, 12:24 PM

Jesus, they should have shut off the camera after that and kicked the shit out of him.

Stryker · 05-25-2012, 12:54 PM

Was it Dr. Love?

whoman69 · 05-25-2012, 01:05 PM

Normal people don't carry around 50k in cash and guns along with drugs. That's why it was confiscated.

sedated · 05-25-2012, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by whoman69

Normal people don't carry around 50k in cash and guns along with drugs. That's why it was confiscated.

He was a doctor. Maybe I’m ignorant, but I would be pissed too if they took my money.

When I was in high school, I was stopped by the cops for some BS reason, just looking to give me trouble. I had just gotten paid at my job, and generally took it to the grocery store to get the checks cashed. They saw the cash (few hundred bucks), and apparently assumed I was a drug dealer, started asking me where I got all the “jack” from. Had I done anything wrong and they arrested me, I’m pretty sure they were going to take it.

mikey23545 · 05-25-2012, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by sedated

He was a doctor. Maybe I’m ignorant, but I would be pissed too if they took my money.

When I was in high school, I was stopped by the cops for some BS reason, just looking to give me trouble. I had just gotten paid at my job, and generally took it to the grocery store to get the checks cashed. They saw the cash (few hundred bucks), and apparently assumed I was a drug dealer, started asking me where I got all the “jack” from. Had I done anything wrong and they arrested me, I’m pretty sure they were going to take it.

Look, dumbass, he was swerving all over the road and nearly sideswiped a cop.

He was obviously ****ed up as hell on something.

He had two guns in his car.

He had $50,000 in cash in the car. (I know the price of gas is steep nowadays, but that amount seems a little excessive)

He had two prescription bottles filled with unidentified pills in one, and some liquid in the other.

He started trying to beat his brains out against the inside of the police car.

He spit blood at one of the officers.

Can you even understand the concept of "probable cause"?

And you wonder why things that will likely be used as evidence were confiscated?

05-25-2012, 10:25 AM
mikey23545 MVP Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $10015321	Doctor spit blood on trooper during DUI arrest 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."
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