A 58-year-old Key Largo man was arrested on Feb. 27 after he allegedly attacked Monroe County Sheriff’s Workplace Sgt. Robert Dosh by making an attempt to seize his service gun and stabbing him within the face.
Based on the sheriff’s workplace, Dosh and different members of the sheriff’s workplace responded to a 4:45 p.m. name to County Highway 905 in Key Largo relating to a person — later recognized as David Ray Wyrick — placing boulders within the street and tampering with fireplace hydrants. Wyrick brandished a pocketknife whereas talking to deputies. He resisted arrest and was shocked with a Taser, however continued to withstand.
Sheriffs say Wyrick allegedly struck Dosh within the face with a steel pipe with a nail hooked up to it whereas the sheriff’s workplace was making an attempt to put him in custody. Wyrick additionally allegedly tried to drag Dosh’s firearm from its holster throughout the wrestle. Wyrick additionally grabbed the firearm of one other deputy making an attempt to regulate him. He by no means gained full management of both weapon.
Wyrick was charged with tried manslaughter, aggravated assault with a lethal weapon, aggravated battery on a regulation enforcement officer, battery on a regulation enforcement officer, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and resisting arrest with violence.
Dosh was taken to Mariners Hospital in Tavernier after which to Kendall Medical Middle in Miami resulting from accidents to a watch.
“I’m grateful the intense accidents to Sgt. Robert Dosh don’t look like life-threatening, and that this suspect is in jail,” mentioned Sheriff Rick Ramsay. “This incident is a reminder of the risks regulation enforcement officers face every day they placed on their uniform.”
Wyrick was taken to jail. His bond was set at $250,000.