Can you say “hypocrite”?
Pinellas County Deputy Michael Szeliga showed up at a Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) training event at the Hyatt Regency hotel in July and decided to skip the majority of the training part to get hammered on Jameson Irish whiskey cocktails all day while hanging at the pool and playing “cornhole” beanbag game with other officers according to a newly released 274-page Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office internal affairs investigation. But, “The plot thickens” from there, says a former MADD director and anti-DUI lawyer. “It seems to be a lot worse than originally presented,” WFLA reports.
A sergeant at the event later caught a “pretty drunk” Szeliga in the hotel hallway in nothing but his boxer shorts during a fire alarm. One sergeant told investigators Szeliga’s eyes were glassy and his speech was slurred, though Szeliga denies this, saying he only had two or three drinks. Then again, these are all officers who have no doubt dealt with arresting intoxicated people before, so it’s kind of a silly argument anyway.
More
DelMarVa's Premier Source for News, Opinion, Analysis, and Human Interest Contact Publisher Joe Albero at alberobutzo@wmconnect.com or 410-430-5349
Yeah, two or three drinks in the last half hour.
ReplyDeleteAbove the law?
ReplyDeleteWhile an embarrassment to himself, his department, and law enforcement in general, what law did he break? I didn't see where he drove a car, I admit I didn't read the entire article, correct me if I am wrong..
ReplyDeleteI'm confused? Cops can't drink? He wasn't diving. Lame.
ReplyDeletethats funny
ReplyDeleteNo law broken you are correct. Just a poor slob with a drinking problem who is todays GOTS TO GO KNIND OF SITUATION
ReplyDeleteSo if a person has 2 or 3 he has a problem
DeleteI'm not convinced.
No laws broken! But has to go? Nah.
DeleteSzeliga was suspended for a day with pay (yay, paid vacation!) for violating his office’s “Standard of Conduct” for being drunk on duty. He also had to write a letter of apology to the police chief he mouthed off to.
ReplyDeleteThe punchline?
Szeliga has since been promoted to detective on a crimes against children unit.
He didn't drive drunk and it wasn't during the award ceremonies. BFD if he was in his boxers during a fire alarm then he didn't have time to get dressed. So what if he was in his boxers? Swimming trunks look just like boxers. What if a woman was in a bikini?
ReplyDeleteStart with "setting an example".
ReplyDeleteThat's not too hard for you cheerleaders to grasp, is it?
Kind of ironic.
ReplyDelete