HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY — A felonious suspect was captured by Hillsborough County deputies on Aug. 2 after trying to hide in a body of water.
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) deputies responded to Key Biscayne Drive after the suspect, Justin Simcic, took off and fled into a nearby body of water.
HCSO’s Underwater Recovery Team moved in quickly, searched through the reeds, and found him hiding beneath the brush, HCSO officials said.
Deputies were able to pull the man from the water and take him into custody.
Simcic was charged with domestic battery by strangulation and resisting officer without violence.
Florida man who was married to three women at the same time sentenced for felony bigamy
Henry Betsey, Jr. married three Florida women he met on dating websites in three different counties over a two-year period, but never got divorces or anulments.
