J6 prosecuter/fudge packer patrick douglas scruggs stabs motorist in road rage repeatedly while being filmed
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/1/patrick-scruggs-prosecutor-who-helped-indict-jan-6/
A former U.S. prosecutor from Tampa who helped the federal government indict Florida residents accused of participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol is about to stand trial himself.
According to court records, Patrick Douglas Scruggs is expected at the Pinellas County Justice Center on May 3 at 8:30 a.m. for a pre-trial hearing on allegations that he stabbed a 35-year-old man with a pocket knife during a road rage incident last year.
Mr. Scruggs, 38, who has been released on bond, was arrested last September and faces three felony counts of armed burglary, aggravated battery and aggravated assault.
The former prosecutor made previous court appearances since his arrest.
The Florida Highway Patrol arrested and charged Mr. Scruggs on Sept. 26 after he allegedly stabbed a fellow motorist following a crash on the Howard Frankland Bridge in Tampa.
The incident happened when a Florida couple traveling on Interstate 275 stopped to check on a driver slumped behind the wheel of a vehicle stopped on the bridge shortly before 9:24 a.m.
Instead, the slumped driver, 35, woke up and accelerated forward, crashing into the couple’s sedan. He then shifted into reverse and attempted to get around the couple’s sedan, according to troopers, only to hit Mr. Scruggs‘ sedan as he drove by.
According to police, Mr. Scruggs pulled over, walked up, broke a window and stabbed the driver with a pocketknife. The couple who had initially stopped to help then tried to lend assistance to the stabbing victim, but police said Mr. Scruggs tried to stab them before they ran.
Mr. Scruggs was detained by a St. Petersburg Police Department officer who witnessed the commotion as he drove by.
The stabbing victim was taken to a local hospital with injuries that authorities described as serious but not life-threatening. Following his arrest, Mr. Scruggs was released from the Pinellas County Jail after posting $65,000 bail.
Mr. Scruggs‘ case upset many Jan. 6 defendants including Adam Johnson, also known as “Lectern Guy” because of the viral video of him sauntering around the Capitol with a podium from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office.
“This is my first prosecutor after J6. He’s been charged and will be spending a significant amount of time in jail when he is convicted,” Johnson posted on social media.
Johnson was sentenced in February 2022 to 75 days in prison and fined $5,000 for his role in the January 6 riot.
Johnson also railed against Mr. Scruggs getting released on bail with relatively few restrictions compared to the treatment he and others received
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