Tampa police: Dunkin’ customer who died after being punched used racial slur," Tampa Bruh charged
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Big D Bangston
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Cacs are all about stand your ground...but " this is different"
Smh.
I'm gonna say this as somebody that's been called the N word at work. No way am I punching a customer over that especially not some almost 80 year old fool. He gonna catch a manslaughter charge over that. Wasn't worth the temporary satisfaction of hitting the guy because the blow back is gonna be bad. He's probably going to jail over it.
Cacs are all about stand your ground...but " this is different"
Smh.
Stand your ground is bullshyt but somebody calling you a racial slur isn't even close to self-defense.
This is old and he got house arrest, which I'll admit I was pleasantly surprised about.
I couldn’t care less. Both parties made dumb decisions. He jeopardized his future over an 80 year old. He will be working Dunkin’ Donuts type jobs as a felon for life. It’s easy to just tell the old fogey to go fukk himself. Always says that’s the route people should take over petty shyt. The one out of 100 chance you “win” and are still a felon on multi year probation and house arrest isn’t worth it. As stated, and as many others would say, he got off extremely lucky to be in that position. But it ain’t a good position. He’s fukked for life. Calling yourself a felon over something this dumb is a win in your book? He won then I guess. Hope you tip him well when he delivers your Uber eats as his peak job
Estas enojado
It is not that surprising. The plea deal was offered because the case against him was week.
It is a bit like deal or no deal. The slap on the risk is accepted because it is not worth risking 10 years.
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That was my initial thought.
Why did they give him this kind of deal? Because they probably couldn’t prove home guilty of anything significant. But dude probably didn’t have money to fight a dragged out case so took the plea
I couldn’t care less. Both parties made dumb decisions. He jeopardized his future over an 80 year old. He will be working Dunkin’ Donuts type jobs as a felon for life. It’s easy to just tell the old fogey to go fukk himself. Always says that’s the route people should take over petty shyt. The one out of 100 chance you “win” and are still a felon on multi year probation and house arrest isn’t worth it. As stated, and as many others would say, he got off extremely lucky to be in that position. But it ain’t a good position. He’s fukked for life. Calling yourself a felon over something this dumb is a win in your book? He won then I guess. Hope you tip him well when he delivers your Uber eats as his peak job
Dunkin’ worker gets 2 years of house arrest in death of man who called him the N-word
TheGrio Staff
Thu, March 10, 2022, 8:51 PM·3 min read
Corey Pujols, 27, reached a deal with prosecutors in Tampa, Florida, and pleaded guilty to felony battery in fatal punch.
A Black restaurant worker who punched an elderly white man — who later died — over a racial slur has been sentenced to two years of house arrest, according to WTVT-TV.
Corey Pujols, 27, reached a deal with prosecutors in Tampa, Florida, and pleaded guilty to felony battery, potentially avoiding decades in jail for causing the death of Vonelle Cook, 77.
Corey Pujols (left), a former Florida Dunkin’ employee, got a sentence of two years of house arrest for punching Vonelle Cook (right), who called him the N-word. Cook died after hitting his head on the floor. (Photos: Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and Florida Department of Law Enforcement)
Pujols was working at a Dunkin’ Donuts in Tampa, Florida, on May 5, 2021 when Cook tried to order coffee at the restaurant’s drive-through, court records say, as reported by The Associated Press. But attendants couldn’t hear him, and he became upset. He parked his vehicle, walked into the restaurant and complained about his service, according to investigators.
Store employees described Cook as a regular customer who was “regularly troublesome and abusive,” according to a press release from the Florida State Attorney’s office.
Pujols asked Cook to leave, and the elderly man responded with a racial slur. Pujols told Cook not to use the slur again, but he did. This time, Pujols threw a punch to the senior’s jaw that knocked him to the floor, where he hit his head, according to WTVT.
Cook was transported to a hospital, where he died three days later. An autopsy showed Cook suffered a skull fracture and brain contusions, WTVT reported.
Pujols was originally charged with aggravated manslaughter, which carries up to 30 years in prison. But prosecutors accepted a plea deal that also includes 200 hours of community service and an anger-management class.
Prosecutors told The Tampa Bay Times that they considered a number of factors before agreeing to the plea, including Pujols’ youth and his lack of intent to cause Cook’s death.
“Two of the primary factors were the aggressive approach the victim took toward the defendant and everyone working with the defendant, and that the victim repeatedly used possibly the most aggressive and offensive term in the English language,” Grayson Kamm, a spokesman for Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren, told The Times.
Prosecutors believed Pujols needed to be held responsible for his actions, yet also took into account Cook’s behavior, his “very troublesome criminal history” and time served in prison, which they said made him an “unsympathetic victim,” WTVT reported.
Court records also show that Cook was a registered sex offender.
Pujols’ attorney, Darrin Johnson, declined to comment after the hearing, reports indicate.
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Got to love a story with a great ending..
3rd Ward Swangin
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I see why they gave him a light sentence.
He really should have gotten even lesser,because the old man was a flaming pedophile rapist.
Charged with sex crimes, he vanishes
He really should have gotten even lesser,because the old man was a flaming pedophile rapist.
Charged with sex crimes, he vanishes
3rd Ward Swangin
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How was he out with all those charges and going on the run. FDLE - Sexual Offender and Predator System
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House arrest 