Suspect in death of deputy is killed STATE / SUNCOAST Edition

Deputy Douglas Speirs, 39, stopped [Angilo Freeland] in north Lakeland, near Interstate 4, shortly before noon Thursday and became suspicious of his identification. Freeland grew nervous and bolted into the woods, investigators said. Speirs pursued him and called for backup. [Matthew Williams] arriv...

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Published inSt. Petersburg times (Saint Petersburg, Fla. : 1921)
Main Author BRADY DENNIS AND BEN MONTGOMERY
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published St. Petersburg, Fla Times Publishing Company 30.09.2006
Subjects
Freeland, Angilo
Judd, Sheriff Grady
Speirs, Douglas
Williams, Matthew
LAKELAND
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Summary:Deputy Douglas Speirs, 39, stopped [Angilo Freeland] in north Lakeland, near Interstate 4, shortly before noon Thursday and became suspicious of his identification. Freeland grew nervous and bolted into the woods, investigators said. Speirs pursued him and called for backup. [Matthew Williams] arrived, and the two men began working their way into the woods. Freeland and the deputies traded fire. Speirs was shot in the leg but otherwise was okay. Later in the afternoon, [Sheriff Grady Judd] vowed to dig further into Freeland's past, saying that Freeland had drug connections in Miami and Orlando. He promised to hunt them down, thanks in part to a book of detailed drug transactions found in Freeland's car.