By Gordon Byrd
Jan 12, 2021
BRANDON A 30-year veteran of the Hillsborough Sheriff s Office is dead after his patrol car was rammed by a car, driven by a man who was on the run from other deputies.
The Sheriff s Office says the suspect deliberately rammed his speeding car into the cruiser driven by Master Corporal Brian LaVigne, 54. Paramedics responded and took Lavigne to Tampa General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The driver is identified as 28-year-old Travis Garrett. Sheriff Chad Chronister says deputies responded to the Paddock Club Apartments Monday afternoon, to reports that a man was throwing property out the window and front door of his apartment. They spoke to Garrett but did not arrest him.