Florida SWAT team arrests 2 North Carolina fugitives
TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — Police say two fugitives who fired on a deputy in North Carolina are in custody after a standoff with a SWAT team in Florida.The Tampa Bay Times reports 50-year-old Donald “Alfred” Billings and 26-year-old Alton Smoot had an AR-15, a machete and a pipe bomb inside an apartment near St. Petersburg.Authorities say a deputy in Alleghany County, North Carolina, let them go after they opened fire during a traffic stop this month. […]
