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Suspect Shot By Police Had Prior Florida Traffic Offenses And Warrant For Hunting Violation
May 26, 2009
Court records in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties show that Danny Ray Williams has an outstanding warrant for failure to appear on a misdemeanor hunting violation, and his criminal past included a few traffic violations.
Williams, who was shot in the head following an Atmore Police Department chase into Walnut Hill early Sunday morning, was charged with failing to produce a hunting or fishing license in April 2000. Escambia County (Fla.) Circuit Court records show a misdemeanor failure to appear warrant was issued for his arrest on June 6, 2000, because he failed to pay a fine in connection with the original charge.
If Williams had been arrested on the charge, court records indicate the bond would have been $100.
Escambia court records also show that Williams had a conviction in 2000 for an expired registration.
Santa Rosa County court records indicate that Williams had a 1997 conviction for careless driving, and 1999 convictions for running a stop sign, driving while his driver’s license was suspended, disregard for a passing zone and an improper tag.
Any Escambia County, Ala., court records for Williams were not available, and it was unknown if he had every faced any charges in that county.
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2 Responses to “Suspect Shot By Police Had Prior Florida Traffic Offenses And Warrant For Hunting Violation”
How in the world does a tragedy like this happen? I worked with this young man’s father for several years and I don’t know of a better family. Sure, there are times when our children do things we aren’t proud of but to think something of this caliber of violence can happen to someone with seemingly minor legal issues is unimaginable. We pay for convicted murderers to stay on death row for decades while exhausting appeals to spare their lives, yet this person’s life ended in a second with no chance of going through the court system. My prayers are with the family. I lost my adult daughter last year and I can tell you the healing, grieving, questioning takes you through a myriad of emotions and their is no hurt any greater. Sleep peacefully Danny, sleep peacefully!
First of all, I would like to say THANK YOU to all who have shown love, support, and concern over this situation. Danny was my only sibling and I am going to miss him deeply. Words can not express how confused I am on all the details surrounding this whole event and I pray that in the end I can find closure. For all of you who have jumped to conclusion about my brother or the police officers involved, I have to ask all of you …How do you think it makes all of the people involved feel to read all of your negative and childish comment concerning these turn of events. Please get some self respect and keep all your negativity to yourselfs (and read the rules about posting through this site)! Furthermore, how about we all wait until ALL of the facts are in, because I promise all of you, that the story goes on. Rest in peace big brother….I Love you and I will miss you!
You Are Forever In My Heart,
Your Baby Sister