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Body-camera video shows a federal prosecutor offering police his business card in an apparent attempt to leverage his position to blunt fallout from a DUI arrest.
Body-camera video obtained by The Associated Press shows one of the nation's most prolific federal drug prosecutors offering police his Justice Department business card in an apparent attempt to blunt the fallout from a Fourth of July crash in which he is accused of drunkenly striking another vehicle and leaving. Joseph Ruddy was charged with driving under the influence with property damage — a first-degree misdemeanor. But he remained on the job at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tampa for two months, appearing in court as recently as last week to notch another win for the federal drug smuggling task force he helped create.
Body-camera video shows a federal prosecutor offering police his business card in an apparent attempt to leverage his position to blunt fallout from a DUI arrest.