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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1d9725a915b2c933093fb28637eb15c1 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#2f2121;font-size:14px"><strong>Florida deputy <strong>David Crawford</strong></strong> <strong>on trial for &#8216;cooking&#8217; motorcyclist alive during botched arrest, is cleared of charges</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4c7146d93b97452d3806620547251d81 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#2f2121;font-size:14px"><strong>Motorcyclist, Jean Barretto Baergo, who was turned into human fireball in Florida gas station on<strong> Feb 27, 2022</strong> explosion after being tasered by cop trying to arrest on Feb 27, 2022</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fbfdf88ef92dd650f948ddf864066846 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#2f2121;font-size:14px"><strong>Barretto Baergo, now 28, <strong>&#8216;barely survived&#8217;</strong></strong>, <strong>suffering second-degree and third-degree burns over 75 percent of his body &#8211; that cost $7M in medical bills </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-13b382cc42449c6a85855153ea873c33 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#2f2121;font-size:14px"><strong>Deputy David Crawford was formally charged after using a taser on Barretto Baerga at a Florida gas station, which caused a fireball </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-35039e22432e41749d6a2df56c321f2f wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#2f2121;font-size:14px"><strong>Post acquittal, Barreto&#8217;s team indicated they will file a civil lawsuit &#8216;for the reckless, excessive use of force, which was strengthened by the evidence brought forth in this criminal trial&#8217; </strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Florida David Crawford was charged for tasering motorcyclist Jean Barretto</strong>, <strong>as he pumped gas during a botched arrest setting them both ablaze.</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A Florida sheriff&#8217;s deputy on trial for tasering a motorcyclist as he pumped gas during a botched arrest setting them both ablaze. The effects were devastating, however has been acquitted on all charges<br>It was 15 months after the incident before Osceola County deputy David Crawford was charged with culpable negligence for the February 2022 incident.<br>Fast forward 33 months after, Crawford was found not guilty of negligence on Friday, Nov 22.<br>Jean Barretto Baergo was left with burns covering nearly three-quarters of his body after investigators said Crawford shocked him with a taser as he refilled his bike at a Wawa gas station.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Osceola County Sheriff&#8217;s Dep David Crawford, [photo], was found not guilty of negligence for the February 2022 incident</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Motorcyclist Jean Barretto Baergo was hospitalized [photo] following the tasing incident that caused a fire. He was left with burns covering 75 percent of his body. He <strong>was 26 at the time </strong></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The resultant second- and third-degree burns covering over 75percent of Baergo&#8217;s body lumped tax payers in the county with $7million in medical costs.<br>Baergo, then 26, had been pursued by deputies after fleeing law enforcement responding to a report of a group of motorcyclists riding recklessly on February 27, 2022.<br>More than a year after tasering, Osceola County Sheriff&#8217;s deputy David Crawford was formally charged with culpable negligence in May 2023. Crawford was also placed on suspension, but was not fired.<br>Body camera footage showed Crawford approaching the gas pumps where Barreto was filling his bike before tackling him to the ground.<br>&#8216;Get off the bike! Get on the ground now,&#8217; Crawford yelled in the video as a fellow officer pulled out his taser and fired it.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Footage shows gasoline spilling onto the ground after the officers failed to allow Barreto to close gas tank before they tackled him.<br>A second deputy, Christopher Koffinas, used his stun gun on the victim, at which point Crawford shouted at the back-up officers to turn off the gas pump. <br>&#8216;Kill the pump, kill the pump, there&#8217;s gas,&#8217; Crawford said as his fellow officer dropped the taser.<br>But Crawford then picked it up, warning: &#8216;You&#8217;re about to get tasered again, dude,&#8217; then fires the taser.<br>Moments later, the taser is heard on video and flames erupt, forcing Crawford to roll around on the ground and scream as he catches fire for about 30 seconds.<br></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Leading to the tragic arrest, Jean Barreto Baergo[photo], had been pursued by deputies after fleeing law enforcement responding to a report of a group of motorcyclists riding recklessly on Feb 27, 2022</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Dep. David Crawford also set him self alight from tasering a motorcyclist as he pumped gas during a botched arrest in February 2022</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">During the week-long trial Crawford testifying in his own defense on Thursday, told the jury that he was fearful Baergo had a gun. At one point during the pursuit of the bike gang, officials say someone flashed a gun, but it was never clarified who. <br>Baergo was found to be unarmed after the incident occurred.<br>Crawford said he believed Baergo would have harmed more people if he had gotten away.<br>The defense went further to say officer Crawford did not intentionally deploy the Taser, instead the weapon deployed when he tossed it to the side<br>Crawford himself testified that he has &#8216;no memory of turning the safety off.&#8217;<br>More perplexing, state prosecutors said another deputy deployed the Taser&#8217;s first cartridge, although officer Crawford delivered the second charge, igniting the fiery explosion.<br>Officer Crawford escalated the situation and put even more lives in danger with how he approached the situation: &#8216;There is no need for one man to run, like a cowboy, and tackle someone off a motorcycle filling up with gas. The end result of this was foreseeable from the fact that he walked across that parking lot,&#8217; a state prosecutor said.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Dep David Crawford was cleared of the charges, [photo], in the tasering incident. &#8216;The jury found Deputy Crawford not guilty of any crime, and we respect the wisdom of the jury&#8217;s decision,&#8217; the Osceola County sheriff&#8217;s office said </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">At the end of the trial Crawford was cleared of the charges. His lawyer said, &#8216;We were convinced from the very beginning that my client was not convinced of these charges. We are very happy with the result we got here today. My client&#8217;s relieved. I&#8217;m relieved. We are just very happy the jury reached the right conclusion.&#8217;<br>While Crawford was suspended after the incident, his status with the sheriff&#8217;s department following his acquittal, remains unclear. The Osceola County Sheriff&#8217;s office said, &#8216;The jury found Deputy Crawford not guilty of any crime, and we respect the wisdom of the jury&#8217;s decision. <br>&#8216;It&#8217;s important for the public to know that the Osceola County Sheriff&#8217;s Office initiated this criminal investigation against its own employee in the same way we would for any other criminal case against any other defendant.&#8217;<br>Barreto&#8217;s attorney Albert Yonfa made it known that he <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/23/us/florida-deputy-david-crawford-not-guilty/index.html">plans</a> to file a civil lawsuit &#8216;for the reckless, excessive use of force, which was strengthened by the evidence brought forth in this criminal trial.&#8217;<br>At the time of the incident, Sheriff Marcos López said deputies believed Barretto fit a description of a man on a dirt bike who allegedly pointed a gun at a driver, but he was never charged.</p>

‘Not guilty of Negligence’! Florida deputy who ‘cooked’ motorcyclist alive during botched arrest that cost $7M in medical bills, is cleared of charges
