Sheriff Gee's Wife Out of Hospital Following Crash
Rhonda Gee did not have any permanent injuries, just 'bumps and bruises' after her car crash with a known gang member, a sheriff's office spokesperson told the Tampa Bay Times.
The wife of Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee was released from the hospital late Thursday following a car crash with a gang member in Valrico, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Rhonda Gee did not have any permanent injuries, just "bumps and bruises," sheriff's office spokesperson Larry McKinnon told the Times. Gee's car was plowed into by Raul de Alejandro, 22, around 7:30 a.m. Thursday near the intersection of Lithia Pinecrest Road and Bloomingdale Avenue, officials said. De Alejandro, who authorities say is a known member of the "Dover Locos" gang, was fleeing from a Hess gas station after he got into an altercation with a clerk who refused to sell him cigarettes, deputies allege. De Alejandro struck Gee's 2012 Dodge with his 1995 Buick …
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Mark (marty) Turner
7:20 pm on Saturday, June 2, 2012
That the person hitting Mrs. Gee's auto was a gang member was not pertinent to the story. The two important things were that he was fleeing a possible crime and that he fled the scene. The use of his involvement in gang activity was not important as the incident did not represent a intentional accident against the sheriff or Mrs. Gee. This could be mentioned as a side issue but not a headline. more ›