Sarasota judge cited after leaving scene of a crash, claims he didn’t feel it

The Brief

  • A Sarasota judge faces a traffic charge after police said he sideswiped another car on Aug. 25 and drove away.
  • Surveillance video and witness footage helped officers locate 12th Judicial Circuit Judge Thomas Krug.
  • Court officials temporarily reassigned the judge from the felony criminal division to the family division.

SARASOTA, Fla. Sarasota police cited 12th Judicial Circuit Judge Thomas Krug for careless driving and leaving the scene of a crash without exchanging information near Fruitville and Tuttle roads.

Traffic collision footage

What we know:

A woman told officers a blue BMW tried to merge, hit her car and drove off while a witness tried to flag down the vehicle.

“I saw him by my mirror. When I feel tack tack tack, I go, Oh my God,” said the woman seen in police body camera footage.

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