Update – Blood Alcohol Determined Detectives Investigate After Pinellas Deputy Killed in the Line of Duty
Line of Duty Death Update as of 12:30 p.m. Friday, February 19, 2021
Detectives assigned to the Robbery/Homicide Unit determined the blood alcohol level of the suspect, 33-year-old Robert Allen Holzaepfel, to be .230.
The investigation continues. End of Update Update – Suspect Charged in Deputy’s Death Detectives Investigate after Pinellas Deputy Killed in the Line of Duty
Update as of 9:15 a.m. Thursday, February 18, 2021
Last night, 33-year-old Robert Allen Holzaepfel was transported the Sheriff’s Office North District Station located at 2496 Bayshore Boulevard where he was interviewed by detectives.
âI donât want to say goodbye.â Pinellas Deputy Michael Magli is mourned.
Family, friends and colleagues spoke of love and sacrifice at his funeral. The 30-year-old father of two was killed in the line of duty.
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Flags fly from the ladder trucks outside of Trinity Memorial Gardens on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in Trinity following a funeral service for Pinellas County Sheriff s Office deputy Michael J. Magli in Lutz. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ]
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Fallen Pinellas County Sheriffâs Office Deputy Michael J. Magliâs wife Stephanie Magli is comforted during his funeral services on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, at the Idlewild Baptist Church in Lutz. [ IVY CEBALLO | Times ]
By Gordon Byrd
Feb 23, 2021
LUTZ Law enforcement officers gathered by the hundreds to say goodbye to Pinellas Sheriff s Deputy Michael Magli, killed last week in a crash involving a suspected drunk driver last week at just 30 years old.
Speaking during the funeral at Idlewild Baptist Church, Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said Magli s presence when a suspected drunk driver was heading recklessly through Tarpon Springs was, not a case of being in the wrong place in the wrong time, but the right place at the right time. doing what cops do.
Deputies and family members often struggled through tears, remembering a man they described as having a good soul , a brave deputy and a devoted family man. His widow Stephanie described him as my best friend. my partner. his soul was good and everyone who knew him knew that.
Guest Comment: GPIWA facilities are safe and secure
By Staff | Feb 24, 2021
As a water utility, Greater Pine Island Water Association is very aware of the various potential attacks on our infrastructure, both cyber and physical. Although the GPIWA is considered a small system that does not mean we have any less responsibility or commitment to our customers.
As a utility member of the American Water Works Association, we are provided information that the public does not have access to for security threats. GPIWA through this membership then had access to other information issued as a joint situational report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Homeland Security, US Secret Service, and the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. GPIWA has many of the tools in place that are recommended to mitigate threats. In this recent incident of the Pinellas County City of Oldsmar water treatment facility, we will state that all our software is current and we have both an external