{"id":10991,"date":"2016-03-12T19:42:13","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T00:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10991"},"modified":"2016-03-12T19:42:13","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T00:42:13","slug":"hillsborough-deputy-killed-by-wrong-way-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10991","title":{"rendered":"Hillsborough Deputy Killed by Wrong Way Driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10995 \" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-300x284.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"156\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-300x284.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image.jpeg 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/>Hillsborough Sheriff&#8217;s Deputy John Robert Kotfila, Jr. lost his life overnight when his marked cruiser was struck head-on by a vehicle driven west in the eastbound lanes of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway early this morning. \u00a0Dep. Kotfila is the first Florida law enforcement officer to be killed in the line of duty in 2016.\u00a0 The errant driver also died as a result of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Dep. Kotfila was just 30 years old. \u00a0He had been on the job at HCSO for six years. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the agency.<\/p>\n<p>Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hillsborough Sheriff&#8217;s Deputy John Robert Kotfila, Jr. lost his life overnight when his marked cruiser was struck head-on by a vehicle driven west in the eastbound lanes of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway early this morning. \u00a0Dep. Kotfila is the first Florida law enforcement officer to be killed in the line of duty in 2016.\u00a0 The errant driver also died as a result of the crash. Sadly, Dep. Kotfila was just 30 years old. \u00a0He had been on the job at HCSO for six years. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the agency. Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-officer-down"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hillsborough Sheriff&#039;s Deputy John Robert Kotfila, Jr. lost his life overnight when his marked cruiser was struck head-on by a vehicle driven west in the eastbound lanes of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway early this morning. Dep. Kotfila is the first Florida law enforcement officer to be killed in the line of duty in 2016.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Randall\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"officer down\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10991\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.1.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ThinBlueFlorida.com | Law Enforcement Read Off and Reviews\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hillsborough Deputy Killed by Wrong Way Driver | ThinBlueFlorida.com\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hillsborough Sheriff&#039;s Deputy John Robert Kotfila, Jr. lost his life overnight when his marked cruiser was struck head-on by a vehicle driven west in the eastbound lanes of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway early this morning. Dep. Kotfila is the first Florida law enforcement officer to be killed in the line of duty in 2016.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10991\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-03-13T00:42:13+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-03-13T00:42:13+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Hillsborough Deputy Killed by Wrong Way Driver | ThinBlueFlorida.com\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Hillsborough Sheriff&#039;s Deputy John Robert Kotfila, Jr. lost his life overnight when his marked cruiser was struck head-on by a vehicle driven west in the eastbound lanes of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway early this morning. Dep. Kotfila is the first Florida law enforcement officer to be killed in the line of duty in 2016.\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/?p=10991#article\",\"name\":\"Hillsborough Deputy Killed by Wrong Way Driver | ThinBlueFlorida.com\",\"headline\":\"Hillsborough Deputy Killed by Wrong Way Driver\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/image-300x284.jpeg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/?p=10991\\\/#articleImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-12T19:42:13-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-03-12T19:42:13-05:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/?p=10991#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/?p=10991#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Officer Down\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/?p=10991#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/?cat=72#listItem\",\"name\":\"Officer Down\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/?cat=72#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Officer Down\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/?cat=72\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/?p=10991#listItem\",\"name\":\"Hillsborough Deputy Killed by Wrong Way Driver\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/?p=10991#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Hillsborough Deputy Killed by Wrong Way Driver\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/?cat=72#listItem\",\"name\":\"Officer Down\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ThinBlueFlorida.com\",\"description\":\"Law Enforcement Read Off and Reviews\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/?author=1#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/?author=1\",\"name\":\"Randall\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/?p=10991#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/53da5e434dd40f51ba6ae1f11c755bf76e3809b6217a79c48354cdd8e9da0bce?s=96&r=pg\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Randall\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/?p=10991#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/?p=10991\",\"name\":\"Hillsborough Deputy Killed by Wrong Way Driver | ThinBlueFlorida.com\",\"description\":\"Hillsborough Sheriff's Deputy John Robert Kotfila, Jr. lost his life overnight when his marked cruiser was struck head-on by a vehicle driven west in the eastbound lanes of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway early this morning. Dep. Kotfila is the first Florida law enforcement officer to be killed in the line of duty in 2016.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/?p=10991#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-12T19:42:13-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-03-12T19:42:13-05:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"ThinBlueFlorida.com\",\"description\":\"Law Enforcement Read Off and Reviews\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thinblueflorida.com\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Hillsborough Deputy Killed by Wrong Way Driver | ThinBlueFlorida.com","description":"Hillsborough Sheriff's Deputy John Robert Kotfila, Jr. lost his life overnight when his marked cruiser was struck head-on by a vehicle driven west in the eastbound lanes of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway early this morning. Dep. Kotfila is the first Florida law enforcement officer to be killed in the line of duty in 2016.","canonical_url":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10991","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"officer down","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10991#article","name":"Hillsborough Deputy Killed by Wrong Way Driver | ThinBlueFlorida.com","headline":"Hillsborough Deputy Killed by Wrong Way Driver","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?author=1#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-300x284.jpeg","@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10991\/#articleImage"},"datePublished":"2016-03-12T19:42:13-05:00","dateModified":"2016-03-12T19:42:13-05:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10991#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10991#webpage"},"articleSection":"Officer Down"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10991#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?cat=72#listItem","name":"Officer Down"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?cat=72#listItem","position":2,"name":"Officer Down","item":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?cat=72","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10991#listItem","name":"Hillsborough Deputy Killed by Wrong Way Driver"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10991#listItem","position":3,"name":"Hillsborough Deputy Killed by Wrong Way Driver","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?cat=72#listItem","name":"Officer Down"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/#organization","name":"ThinBlueFlorida.com","description":"Law Enforcement Read Off and Reviews","url":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?author=1#author","url":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?author=1","name":"Randall","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10991#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53da5e434dd40f51ba6ae1f11c755bf76e3809b6217a79c48354cdd8e9da0bce?s=96&r=pg","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Randall"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10991#webpage","url":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10991","name":"Hillsborough Deputy Killed by Wrong Way Driver | ThinBlueFlorida.com","description":"Hillsborough Sheriff's Deputy John Robert Kotfila, Jr. lost his life overnight when his marked cruiser was struck head-on by a vehicle driven west in the eastbound lanes of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway early this morning. Dep. Kotfila is the first Florida law enforcement officer to be killed in the line of duty in 2016.","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10991#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?author=1#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?author=1#author"},"datePublished":"2016-03-12T19:42:13-05:00","dateModified":"2016-03-12T19:42:13-05:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/","name":"ThinBlueFlorida.com","description":"Law Enforcement Read Off and Reviews","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"ThinBlueFlorida.com | Law Enforcement Read Off and Reviews","og:type":"article","og:title":"Hillsborough Deputy Killed by Wrong Way Driver | ThinBlueFlorida.com","og:description":"Hillsborough Sheriff's Deputy John Robert Kotfila, Jr. lost his life overnight when his marked cruiser was struck head-on by a vehicle driven west in the eastbound lanes of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway early this morning. Dep. Kotfila is the first Florida law enforcement officer to be killed in the line of duty in 2016.","og:url":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10991","article:published_time":"2016-03-13T00:42:13+00:00","article:modified_time":"2016-03-13T00:42:13+00:00","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"Hillsborough Deputy Killed by Wrong Way Driver | ThinBlueFlorida.com","twitter:description":"Hillsborough Sheriff's Deputy John Robert Kotfila, Jr. lost his life overnight when his marked cruiser was struck head-on by a vehicle driven west in the eastbound lanes of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway early this morning. Dep. Kotfila is the first Florida law enforcement officer to be killed in the line of duty in 2016."},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"10991","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"Article","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"location":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2021-03-17 22:05:20","updated":"2026-04-22 20:11:45","focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?cat=72\" title=\"Officer Down\">Officer Down<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tHillsborough Deputy Killed by Wrong Way Driver\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com"},{"label":"Officer Down","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?cat=72"},{"label":"Hillsborough Deputy Killed by Wrong Way Driver","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=10991"}],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p28xkp-2Rh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10991"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11003,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10991\/revisions\/11003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}