{"id":9317,"date":"2015-03-11T20:38:12","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T00:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=9317"},"modified":"2015-03-11T22:09:39","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T02:09:39","slug":"pinellas-deputy-enjoys-spring-breakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=9317","title":{"rendered":"Lone Pinellas Deputy Controls Beach Brawl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fu08CFcXDrM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pinellas County Sheriff&#8217;s Sgt. Bryan Bingham had his hands full with drunken, combative <del>Spring Breakers<\/del> convicted felons. \u00a0He stayed calm and appeared to use as little force as he could to control both suspects while awaiting back-up. \u00a0It would have been nice to see some of the kids give him some meaningful help earlier in the fracas, but at least they did not attack him.<\/p>\n<p>The first suspect, Joshua McMahan, punched and spat on Bingham at the beginning of the incident. \u00a0McMahan was released from prison in 2014 for armed robbery. \u00a0The second suspect, Justin Lewis, was also released from state prison last year on an aggravated battery charge. \u00a0Both have many previous arrests.<\/p>\n<p>Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri cleared the sergeant, saying he did his job in a dangerous situation. \u00a0Bingham had responded to a fight involving 15-20 persons on the beach. \u00a0&#8220;When you got a big crowd and you got somebody who is fighting, you&#8217;ve got to take action and that&#8217;s what Sgt. Bingham did,&#8221; Gualtieri said at a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Nice job, Deputy! \u00a0Glad you were not seriously hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pinellas County Sheriff&#8217;s Sgt. Bryan Bingham had his hands full with drunken, combative Spring Breakers convicted felons. \u00a0He stayed calm and appeared to use as little force as he could to control both suspects while awaiting back-up. \u00a0It would have been nice to see some of the kids give him some meaningful help earlier in the fracas, but at least they did not attack him. The first suspect, Joshua McMahan, punched and spat on Bingham at the beginning of the incident. \u00a0McMahan was released from prison in 2014 for armed robbery. \u00a0The second suspect, Justin Lewis, was also released from state prison last year on an aggravated battery charge. \u00a0Both &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=9317\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-officer-safety"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=fu08CFcXDrM Pinellas County Sheriff&#039;s Sgt. 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