Blogs by Danny B Part 29
Blogs by Danny B
Part 29
We were on top of the world, business was great and we were getting ready to have our first child, I was felling like a million dollars and worth more...
It was April 8th 2004 when we got that Bang on the door... not a knock but a repetitive Bang that would rock our world and change everything... A task force was waiting outside our home.. guys with masks, guys in uniform, guys from every agency fully armed and ready for war... I opened the door and right away a gun was at my head and I was handcuffed without even knowing the reason why..
My wife was 8 months pregnant and 3 members of the task force charged her as she walked down the stairs until one local officer yelled out to the others ... "She is pregnant do not throw her on the ground" or words to that effect as they were ready to shake her down for weapons as they thought she was concealing one under her bathrobe.. Before I knew it I was being transported to the local police station in Ft Myers FL and was not told what I was being charged with other than I was not alone..
When I arrived at the holding center there were several buses and dozens of officers and the news crews were everywhere... My main concern was for my wife.. I was worried she would have a panic attack or something that would cause her issues with the baby that was due in mid May.. I was still clueless on what I was being charged with but my first thoughts were that my old crew set me up since I was now a competitor but that idea changed when I started seeing them come in the station 1 by 1 handcuffed and looking like hell...
We were not able to talk to each other as they questioned us separately, that's when they started drilling us about our business and members involved.. I did not say anything other than I do not work for them and have not since November of 2003.. this took them buy surprise...
14 of us were arrested and now we were on our way to the main police station in Ft Myers on a public bus... I was held separately in a cage on the bus like I was a dangerous or deadly person.. When I asked why I was told shut up and be quiet... to this day I still don't know why...
Danny B