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Florida sheriff s fugitive show features non-fugitives
ALESSANDRO MARAZZI SASSOON and BOBBY BLOCK, Florida Today
March 13, 2021
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1of3In this 2017 photo, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey demonstrates the Wheel of Fugitive board, in which a “fugitive of the week” is selected in a mock game show in Fla. (Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via AP)Florida Today/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3In this undated photo David Austin Gay holds a copy of his mug shot in Cocoa Beach, Fla. Gay has been on the Brevard County Sheriff s Office Wheel of Fugitives four times, but each time he wasn t a fugitive. It has made finding employment difficult for him. (Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via AP)Malcolm Denemark/APShow MoreShow Less
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The problem is that Gay wasn’t a fugitive at the time; Gay had been in the Brevard County Jail since Jan. 25 and wasn’t on the lam when he appeared on the Jan. 26, Feb. 2, Feb 9. and Feb. 23 episodes. For three of those weeks, Gay was at the jail after turning himself in over a probation violation. The fourth time, Feb. 23, he was, in fact, legally out of jail, having taken a plea offer.
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“It’s very humiliating, it’s keeping me from getting jobs,” said Gay, whose probation violation resulted from a dispute with his father. When his probation officer called Gay to inform him there was a warrant for his arrest, he surrendered the same day, he said. His original arrest, for punching a man, was Gay’s first felony offense and adjudication was withheld in the case.