Former Haines City Police Officer Joseph Everett was charged with reckless driving and driving under the influence on Oct. 17. An arrest affidavit obtained by 10 Tampa Bay News reveals how what initially was called just an “incident” unfolded.
Shortly after midnight, on Oct. 17, an Orlando Police Department report says an officer responded to the area of East South Street and South Orange Avenue after his assistance was requested for a traffic stop. When the officer arrived, he learned that Everett, a 29-year-old off-duty Haines City Police officer with no uniform or insignia, had been pulled over in an HCPD marked police car.
The affidavit explains that Orlando police had received multiple calls about a marked HCPD car driving recklessly, against traffic, going the wrong way down a one-way street, and was also seen traveling east on South Street near Orange Avenue, “which is a clearly marked roadway intended solely for westbound traffic.”…