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Model Says Police Were Too Rough During Her Arrest
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Published: December 29, 2007
Updated: 12/29/2007 08:50 am
TAMPA - A Playboy model says Temple Terrace police have affected her work by giving her scrapes and bruises during a recent arrest.
Rebecca Reyes
Both the model, Rebecca Reyes, 21, and police used the phrase "uncalled for" when describing the traffic stop Sunday that escalated into Reyes being charged with obstructing an officer without violence.
Reyes, who appeared in July's issue of Playboy and models under the name Reby Sky, wasn't sure Friday what action she wants to take but said she will discuss her options next week with a lawyer. She is scheduled to appear in another Playboy issue next year and also has modeled in Esquire, GQ and Stuff magazine, she said.
"I have a big ugly scrape that needs to be airbrushed," she said in a phone interview Friday. "I can't even move my arm all the way."
Reyes was released Monday from a Hillsborough County jail on $500 bail.
Police approached Reyes shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday in the parking lot of her apartment complex in Temple Terrace because the taillights on her pickup were not working, police spokesman Mike Dunn said.
At the time, Reyes said, she was parked in her regular space and had Christmas presents for her boyfriend in the truck bed. As she waited for the officer writing the $75 citation, she got out of the truck to stow the gifts inside the cab in case her boyfriend came outside because of the police car, she said.
The officer ordered her to remain in the truck, which is when the trouble began.
Reyes said she told him she needed to get her bag.
"I didn't know it was a big deal and that I wasn't supposed to get out," she said Friday.
Dunn said Reyes walked around the truck "agitated" and ignored the officer's requests about four times. Another officer arrived.
When Reyes walked to the passenger side of the truck, the officers "got a little concerned because you don't know what she's doing," Dunn said.
They decided to arrest her. "She started getting more and more belligerent, cursing up a storm. ... 'Get your hands off me,' that sort of thing," he said.
Reyes said she began "freaking out" when she saw the other officer arrive, with his hand on his belt. "I understand there's police protocol," she said, but "do there really need to be two grown men walking toward me?"
Reyes, who weighs 105 pounds and is 5 feet 5 inches tall, couldn't understand how the officers perceived her as dangerous.
"I could understand if I was threatening, making sudden movements," she said. "My brother's a lieutenant colonel in the Army. Two of my cousins are police officers. I wouldn't attack a police officer. I'm not stupid."
She said the officers pushed her to the ground, cuffed her hands behind her back and "hyper-extended" her arms as they pulled her to her feet. Reyes, who was wearing a dress, said she has scrapes on her right shoulder and knees, bruises on her legs and a scrape on her eyebrow.
Her boyfriend, who is an engineer and a photographer, is livid, as are her parents, she said. "My mother is crying," she said. "It was uncalled for."
Dunn said the officers were mindful of her petite size and tried not to be rough with her.
"It was so uncalled for," he said. "If she had just taken the ticket and sat in her truck, it would have been over in 10 minutes."
Reporter Valerie Kalfrin can be reached at (813) 259-7800 or vkalfrin@tampatrib.com.
Reader Comments
Posted by ( brobeth1 ) on December 29, 2007 at 12:37 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
OKAY! I have to say that she got what she deserved. When a police officer tell you something you NEED to do it. I guarantee if a cop tells me to stay in the car, I WILL stay in the car! You should not argue the point with an armed person, lol. There used to be respect for the police.........now, it seems like there's no respect for anyone anymore.
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Posted by ( wilsonb224 ) on December 29, 2007 at 12:39 a.m.
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Posted by ( tampatire727 ) on December 29, 2007 at 1:02 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
UGLY *^%$&
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Posted by ( tdave365 ) on December 29, 2007 at 1:09 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
To read this, you would think it was never before police policy to arrest non-compliant suspects before her. I admit Temple Terrace isn't East Tampa or Suitcase city, but I guarantee you that non-compliant suspects are brought down in scuffles all the time. Why does she and her family believe she should be treated any different?
It's never good for a driver or police when a situation as routine as a traffic stop escalates. But at the same time I can't believe she thinks it's perfectly normal to disregard police directions during a reasonable traffic stop. There's something wrong there. Sure, you might get out and *start* doing something innocuous during a traffic stop, but when you're told to stop doing it - for whatever reason - you stop doing it. I suppose you might be "right" to stick up for your perceived infringed rights or something, but you might wind up right and shot too. She claims "she isn't stupid", but if she can't guess that she can't just do whatever she wants during a traffic stop, or that police can't somehow telepathically comprehend her range and potential for violence, then, sorry, stupid is actually a pretty fitting word.
At least now she'll know it IS a big deal in some circumstances to start going through bags and ignoring officer concerns, but it's a shame it took this to drive home the lesson.
-Dave
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Posted by ( sanders ) on December 29, 2007 at 1:36 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
She should have complied with the officer's request, but I still get the feeling the officers went a little overboard here.
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Posted by ( brobeth1 ) on December 29, 2007 at 2 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
The officers had EVERY right to get as rough as they did! The stupid woman should have complied the very first time they directed her to get in the car!!
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Posted by ( bil ) on December 29, 2007 at 2:02 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
We do not pay are police officers enough to put there lives and families on the line to die!! Rebecca why did you not listen? looked at your mug shoot the scrape on your shoulder will heal! maybe because you were in playboy you think you are! above the law! have you not been reading the news?fame does not make you above the law!!!
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Posted by ( uesless ) on December 29, 2007 at 3:11 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I guess the “don’t you know who I am defense” didn’t work.
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Posted by ( defender707 ) on December 29, 2007 at 3:54 a.m.
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Posted by ( dobefan ) on December 29, 2007 at 5 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
defender and sevenoaksman...next you will be telling us that she is too pretty to go to jail. Did you ever hear of a parking ticket sevenoaksman? She could have fought the ticket in court. She got what she deserved for being better than everyone else.
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Posted by ( dzeien ) on December 29, 2007 at 5:59 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Too bad it wasn't one of Sheriff Gee's deputies. She would have NOT been charged. If you are a young female in Hillsb. county you can break the law, lie about it, falsly accuse anyone,waste our tax dollars and noooooo problem. You are excused with no accountability for your actions. We should thank the Temple Terrace police for doing their jobs correctly. Being six ft. and 210 lbs. I would expect to be tasered and very forcefully dealt with if I did not follow orders from the police. When the cops give an order then why is it okay for females not to be held accountable from the sheriff here in Hillsborough?
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Posted by ( mfred ) on December 29, 2007 at 6:32 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I saw it on Baynews9 I think and one of her comments was you don't mess with a playboy bunny - apparently she thought she was above the law - oh well whatever the case and no matter who you are if a law enforcement officer tells you stay in the car you do it
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Posted by ( rashad1031 ) on December 29, 2007 at 6:40 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
The 2 kinds of calls that are most dangerous for law enforcement are domestic calls and traffic stops. A 105 pound woman has more than enough strength to pull a trigger. The officers followed procedure. If it were your brother pulling her over would you want him to not take every precaution for his safety??
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Posted by ( hunkadore ) on December 29, 2007 at 6:41 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
ahhh come on guys....the cops wanted to feel her up....admit it...and who can blame them...LOL...
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Posted by ( freespirit0221 ) on December 29, 2007 at 6:57 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Way back in the 50's there were two sets of standards one for black and one for white. Now it appears that some idiots are asking for two sets of standards one for pretty and one for ugly. Oh give me a break. It doesn't matter if she is petit and pretty. She still has to listen to what an officer tells her. She said she is not stupid. Well her actions tell otherwise. But either way her charges will be dropped in court so what's the big deal. She has a scrape that now has to be air brushed. I wish this was my only problem. She posses nude for pictures. It doesn't matter if it is playboy or the strip club down the street. Most strippers use drugs (not all) but most do. I am glad to see that the Temple Terrace police did their jobs and I would expect to be treated the same way if it were me.
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Posted by ( anyblue ) on December 29, 2007 at 7:35 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
A word to the wise, when the police tell you to do something, it is not open for debate......get it ????
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Posted by ( bnav ) on December 29, 2007 at 7:40 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
as she states, she comes from a police family so you'd think that she'd have more respect for a person in uniform. She got what she deserved. Bottom line is you do what you are told to do at the scene and if you feel there was something done wrong then deal with it in the courtroom. I bet this isnt the first time she's had bruised knees either LOL.....what a moron
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Posted by ( Oops ) on December 29, 2007 at 7:42 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Of course, if she left her clothes on, that would hide the bruises as well. There are two sides to this story - from her perspective, I'm sure she had no idea her brake lights weren't working (/sarcasm), and the police officers were certainly scared that she might pull a gun on them and mow them down (/sarcasm). I think the writer actually hit this one on the head. She should have complied - the police were too rough. As both sides said - "uncalled for." BTW - isn't it amazing what a little makeup and some airbrushing can do?
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Posted by ( Ole_Salt ) on December 29, 2007 at 7:44 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
this is too dumb to even comment on
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Posted by ( NEDLY ) on December 29, 2007 at 7:46 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Once again all beauty, no brains. When will these beeochs learn. The mom and boyfriend are upset about this but not her showing the millions herself naked. Oh thats right shes making lots of money, its all about the money. Bet yer proud mom raised someone wit no brains
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Posted by ( Doug ) on December 29, 2007 at 8:16 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Reyes said "I understand there's police protocol". If this was true, you do what the officers tell you to do. End of story.
As the spokesman said, "It was so uncalled for; if she had just taken the ticket and sat in her truck, it would have been over in 10 minutes."
***waiting for the "don't taze me, bro" comments to start...
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Posted by ( ideas ) on December 29, 2007 at 8:26 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
From the mugshot I guess the only modeling jobs she gets are sleezy! Looks like a bit&h with a big attitude problem!! I vote not too pretty for jail!!
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Posted by ( tedh1112 ) on December 29, 2007 at 8:28 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Another case of a pretty attractive woman who believes the rules don't apply to her.
Can anyone say STRIP SEARCH??!!!
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Posted by ( mcox567 ) on December 29, 2007 at 8:39 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
not surprised that this involves the Temple Terrace Golf Course Security Force at all...
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Posted by ( NEDLY ) on December 29, 2007 at 8:40 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
a stripper that made it. I'm surprised they didn't find any cocaine.
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Posted by ( ideas ) on December 29, 2007 at 8:52 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
She is in a naked magazine...pretty sure perves are not looking at her shoulder!! She should be OK!!
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Posted by ( CrazyIvan ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:10 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I suspect (I wasn't there, of course) that the groundwork was laid for this confrontation in the form of poor communication between the lady and the LEOs before the incident escalated. What the lady doesn't understand is that traffic stops offer a significant amount of hazard to LEOs. While I was surprised to read that she was "stopped in her parking lot", I suspect that she was "noticed" on a public street.
While I can't comment on the fact -- or the way she was taken down, I can say that one of the best ways to deal with LEOs is to do everything you can to make them comfortable in dealing with you --- windows open, lights on, hands where they can always be seen; ask permission to more your hands to another location (like to get your wallet), etc. I've gotten lots of appreciation for things like that (and probably out of a few potential tickets!!) For someone who has family members who are LEOs, I'm surprised she doesn't understand that simple fact.
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Posted by ( scottfwtx ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:15 a.m.
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Posted by ( 4223 ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:23 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I don't buy playboy magazine but from the looks of her mug shot they need to airbrush more than her shoulder and arm. She's really not all that attractive. The cops did good and besides, just because you can stand in front of a camera naked does'nt mean you have talent or brains little lady.
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Posted by ( MrShrek ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:24 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
A little too boney for me...lol. Maybe her and Jessica have been hanging out , and their " wannabe attitudes " rubbed off on one another. But seriousley folks , when given a command by ANY LEO , common sense should tell you to comply. This twit just sounds like an idiot.
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Posted by ( peak ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:25 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Again, the Temple Terrace Police did an outstanding job!
Job well done!
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Posted by ( NEDLY ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Playboy must be hurting to find some good looking girls
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Posted by ( joeB ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Temple Terrace Police...stamping out crime wherever they can create it.
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Posted by ( Elijah ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:34 a.m.
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Posted by ( Pathfinder ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:34 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
As a veteran, I understand the need to shut up and follow orders. I think most civilians do not. The police need to exercise a little restraint themselves. Military tactics used on a decidedly non military population seems like a receipe for something bad to me. Hopefully the department will deal with this internally and lighten things up. (For God's sake don't let the lawyers get involved.) Can it be so bad that every traffic ticket is now a life and death situation? Have we all gone nuts? Anyway, I salute those who do a tough job. You're in my prayers.
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Posted by ( gina1108 ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:35 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I hope she sues...And loses, and then has to pay the city back the legal fees.
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Posted by ( peak ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:36 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
JoeB--having a smart, strong Police force is a great thing.
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Posted by ( krash721 ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:36 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
if this would have happened in lakeland,LPD would have shot first,then interviewed her.
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Posted by ( joeyk ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:38 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I don't even find her to be that pretty. Must be the make up or maybe no one looks at the face in Playboy. She should have just listened. It makes me angry to think she may even try and sue. She deserves to get not a penny for her actions.
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Posted by ( keyelime ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:40 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Typical Cops. Arrogant. Some are really cool, but some get testy for no reason. Follow my commands because I say so. I bet she got in his grill a bit, but as a cop, you have got to be above that. Now it will likely end with a civil settlement behind closed doors. Just let her get out of her vehicle... she was NO threat. Stupid waste of police time.
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Posted by ( scottfwtx ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:53 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Too bad the COPS TV film crew wasn't there to get this one.
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Posted by ( brobeth1 ) on December 29, 2007 at 10:01 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
keyelime: I'm sorry to say: YOU ARE AN IDIOT! Follow his commands because he says so? You are SUPPOSED to follow the officer's command! I hope she loses a bundle on attorney fees. Another waste of courts time if she sues. Stupid broad.
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Posted by ( DorkSpotter ) on December 29, 2007 at 10:05 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I love this quote:
"I could understand if I was threatening, making sudden movements," she said. "My brother's a lieutenant colonel in the Army. Two of my cousins are police officers. I wouldn't attack a police officer. I'm not stupid."
Bzzzzzt! Wrong answer, Skankosaurus! Yes, yes you are stupid. Very, very stupid. Let me ask you this: How do the cops know that you're not a threat? They repeatedly ask you to get back in the vehicle, and you ignore them, then get confrontational. Rule #1: When a cop asks you to do something, you do it.
Because you're 100 pounds means that you can't be carrying a weapon? A gun? For all they know, you could have been coked out.
You got what you deserved.
Don't quit your day job, Einstein.
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Posted by ( jaydog713 ) on December 29, 2007 at 10:08 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Taze her bro !!!!
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Posted by ( wilsonb224 ) on December 29, 2007 at 10:12 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
keyelime, how were they to know she was no threat? Typically when people do not follow the orders of a LEO, its because they have something to hide or they are intoxicated, either way, it could lead to something bad. It is follow the LEO's commands because they law of the state of Florida says that you must. It is meant to protect the suspect, general public, and the police officer.
It is pretty standard procedure to have more than one officer at a traffic stop, because of the unknown danger factor.
Resisting arrest without violence means that she did not strike the officer. She was probably attempting to pull away once they decided to arrest her for not complying. The question in the LEO's mind, why is she pulling away? What does she want to go for, what does she want to get?
Imagine what it is like going to a job where you know you have the chance to get killed or seriously injured everyday you are on shift. It just may help put things in prospective, sevenoaksman.
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Posted by ( Kel ) on December 29, 2007 at 10:12 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Sounds like business as usual with Temple Terrace PD.
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Posted by ( RedRose111 ) on December 29, 2007 at 10:15 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I too agree: Definitely NOT too pretty for jail! Debra Lafave has her beat by a looong shot!!! :\
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Posted by ( stubbleo ) on December 29, 2007 at 10:29 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
It's impossible to know who your pulling over before you pull them over. Could be a third-striker with nothing to lose, or someone that just committed a crime. If you could tell someone is a cop-killer just by looking at them, we wouldn't have cops killed on our roadsides all the time now would we?
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Posted by ( gizzmo97 ) on December 29, 2007 at 10:43 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Hey I will bet she likes it rough when she is working.
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Posted by ( jagaka2 ) on December 29, 2007 at 11:25 a.m.
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Posted by ( aj_18 ) on December 29, 2007 at 11:29 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
What the heck are they doing in her complex? she was parked how can they give her a ticket?
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Posted by ( tampatire727 ) on December 29, 2007 at 11:34 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
UGLY #$%^&*
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Posted by ( Elijah ) on December 29, 2007 at 11:35 a.m.
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Posted by ( signit4bes ) on December 29, 2007 at 11:37 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Waaaahhhh & Boo-Hoo! Who affected who's work here? Well that's what ya get, Toots! Maybe you'll listen next time.
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Posted by ( tngator ) on December 29, 2007 at 11:41 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
why didnt she just show her tata's for free and get out of the trouble?
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Posted by ( SLUNGTONGUE ) on December 29, 2007 at 11:50 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I would like to search her all night long!!!
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Posted by ( Tampabob1 ) on December 29, 2007 at 11:52 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
She states she understands this and that but did whatever she wanted to. Give me a break! She's lucky her butt wasn't tased. Just another little arrogant bit.....h who thinks her magazine work places her above all else. I applaud the officer who went home safely to his family after this.
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Posted by ( 5thGenTampaBay ) on December 29, 2007 at 11:58 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
looks like she was keeping airbrushers in business previous to any scrapes :/
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Posted by ( Humble ) on December 29, 2007 at 12:23 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
From the mug shot I would guess it was not air burshed as does Playboy? An attractive young woman, but that does not make one attaracive on the inside where it really matters.
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Posted by ( Thorn ) on December 29, 2007 at 1:08 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
They should have tased her!!
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Posted by ( DreaCPA ) on December 29, 2007 at 1:10 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Well, TTPD are now hypocrites...I had 2 officers tell me they arrested this woman I know for battery because she was "bigger" than the other woman and there was no way the smaller woman would have been a threat to her. No weapons involved by either person...Hmmm 2 big guys take down a small female...Are you sure she was a threat to your life???
Anyway, I am not condoning her. She should have stayed in her car and gotten her ticket...she's a dumb ace. I just hate TTPD because they are real cop wannabe's. Most of them started as sheriff's or TPD and couldn't cut the mustard.
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Posted by ( life4takin ) on December 29, 2007 at 1:22 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Dealing with cops is easy, just keep your mouth shut.
keep your hands still and in plain site, answer any questions @ say as little as possible!
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Posted by ( Ari_Hinkelberger ) on December 29, 2007 at 1:28 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I am trying to figure out how a playboy model is living in a ratty apartment in Temple Terrace??
HA HA!
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Posted by ( NotreDameRules ) on December 29, 2007 at 1:45 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Here are a couple of facts:
1. The state of FL has one of the highest line of duty deaths in the nation. Most from "simple traffic" stops.
2. Who you are, or think you are has nothing to do with how you should be treated by the police or any other law inforcement official.
Now for the opion:
Trust everyone (alomost everyone) who has responded, you are nothing special, got what you deserve. So stop acting like you are "somebody". Deal with it. All I can think is you are very lucky they didn't think you were reaching for something that might or might not be a weapon. You should be greatful you didn't get shot or at the least tazed. Going to the media crying boo hoo. Shame on you and the media!
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Posted by ( skeeter ) on December 29, 2007 at 2:27 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
One time I was driving in TT and saw a cop set up on a speed trap. I was going the speed limit, but he kept that radar gun on me the whole way. So I gve him the peace sign. He then got in his car and tailgated me for 8 blocks before peeling off.
Yeah po po, I got the message alright, you're a big bad gangster who hates hippies.
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Posted by ( peak ) on December 29, 2007 at 2:27 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
DreaCPA:
Sounds like you're the one who "couldn't cut the mustard".
I'd put TTPD up against any police force in our region.
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Posted by ( TampaBayTom ) on December 29, 2007 at 2:27 p.m.
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Posted by ( smmitty84 ) on December 29, 2007 at 2:53 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
TTPD does a great job keeping the crime on the other side of of the hillsborough river and 56th street.
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Posted by ( threepups ) on December 29, 2007 at 2:56 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I am female-5'2" 120 lbs, not much of a threat if I was to have a fight with someone, but if you put a gun in my hand I am able to KILL anyone. When she was asked repeatedly by the police officers to get back in her truck that is exactly what she should have done THE FIRST TIME they asked. They were being nice asking her a time or two after that. What if she was drugged out and reaching for a gun? ANYONE can be a threat to the life of a police officer regardless of size. I have been pulled over only once in my life, and that was when I was 18 for a speeding ticket. I had no knowledge of how to react to a police officer when stopped. But I used common sense-I know cops are worried about getting shot during a traffic stop, so I shut off my car, put the keys on the dashboard, and kept my hands on the steering wheel. When he asked me for my license and registration I told him it was in the glove compartment and I asked him if it was ok to reach over, open it and get it. After him reviewing all of my information he did indeed give me the ticket (which I deserved, I was after all speeding, it was 10 miles over the limit)but he thanked me for taking the time to make every effort to put him at ease. I respect the police, and I am thankful that we have them. They tell you to do something, then do it period. OR if it is something that makes you nervous, tell the cop you are calling 911 that you want a supervisor there, and you are not getting out of the car until they arrive it's simple. She was way out of line and I hope she doesn't get a dime, and has charges brought against her. Police put their lives on the line EVERY shift that they work, and they are thankful to make it home to their families every night. Those of you that bash the cops will be the first one calling them when YOU need help. THANK you to police officers everywhere, you are appreciated.
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Posted by ( BullsRock ) on December 29, 2007 at 3:11 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Gosh, "Reby Sky," judging by the comments for this story, your appeal for sympathy to the Court of Public Opinion is failing miserably. According to the article, you are going to discuss your "options" with your attorney. Presumably, this means you have in mind a possible lawsuit against those Big Bad Police officers who SO unjustly roughed you up when you refused to obey their orders during a stop. Well, Sugar Lumps, take another look at the comments to this site. Herein is your jury pool should you decide to sue. Oh, and Sweet Cheeks, ya momma SHOULD be crying because she raised an idiot.
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Posted by ( rpagan1 ) on December 29, 2007 at 3:15 p.m.
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Posted by ( RebySky ) on December 29, 2007 at 3:16 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I'm appalled by the lies coming from the spokesperson for the Temple Terrace police department. Instead of owning upto the wrongdoings of the arresting officers, he is lying about what happened. Not once did I move from my spot right outside my truck once the first officer told me to get back inside. Not ONCE did I even so much as TOUCH a police officer; By the time I would have had the chance to react, my face was in the pavement of my own parking lot. I'd also like to point out that my charge was Obstructing or opposing a police officer WITHOUT VIOLENCE. No account of any sort of "pushing" or violence was written in the official police report, which was written by the very officer who arrested me. Once the dashboard video camera footage is available, I won't even need to speak about this ever again - The proof of what really happened will all be there.
I never wanted a "he said, she said" media war - All I wanted to do was bring awareness to cops abusing their power, which is ruining our society and OBVIOUSLY a big problem. NOTHING about the cops' behavior was justifiable in any way, especially not by the lies coming from the spokesperson for the Temple Terrace police department.
I am ashamed to be part of a community that condones such brutal and inappropriate behavior.
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Posted by ( pyledriver51 ) on December 29, 2007 at 3:31 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I guess they didn’t want to photograph her genitalia like they did for Debra Lafave.
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Posted by ( Jen1897 ) on December 29, 2007 at 3:53 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
RebySky
LOL whatever girl. You even look like a cocky little sh#t.
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Posted by ( Jen1897 ) on December 29, 2007 at 3:56 p.m.
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Posted by ( NotreDameRules ) on December 29, 2007 at 3:59 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Hey Rebecca, All you really wanted to do was have some more free publicity. Don't forget you were able to get some free pub with another article about "Not telling Momma" when you got nude for Playboy. What, you think people can't use Google to see you just trying to get your name out there. People know who you are and what you are. Go back to the Mons Venus, stop being a mouthy little brat and accept the fact that you are not the one anybody will believe. Talk to a lawyer, I’ll bet it ends up being one of those bottom dwellers that work with Ask Gary. Were you SCARED & CONFUSED?
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Posted by ( dryeagles ) on December 29, 2007 at 4:08 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
thay could of told her to get it fixed and left it at that. but no thay had to make a big deal out of it.
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Posted by ( peak ) on December 29, 2007 at 4:28 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
RebySky:
What is the motivation for the TTPD to lie? Negative press coverage?
Please, if you had done the right thing in the first place, there would be no issue. You didn't, and that's why you you're in this mess, take some personal responsibility.
Temple Terrace is ashamed you're part of our community if you condone such inappropriate behavior.
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Posted by ( tparich ) on December 29, 2007 at 4:30 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Yes, do exactly as a police officer commands. In a police state they are never wrong and in complete control.
A $75 citation for malfunctioning tail lights while parked?
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Posted by ( peak ) on December 29, 2007 at 4:37 p.m.
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Posted by ( jagaka2 ) on December 29, 2007 at 4:54 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
If law enforcement treated people with respect and in a professional manner, things like this wouldn't happen. After all, it starts with a simple traffic violation which gets blown completely out of proportion. Abuse of power - own it, officer.
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Posted by ( TampaBayTom ) on December 29, 2007 at 5:15 p.m.
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Posted by ( jagaka2 ) on December 29, 2007 at 5:29 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Ms. RebySky - I totally understand what you were subjected to and admire you for speaking out. Let me know if you need help fighting Goliath.
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Posted by ( GONASA ) on December 29, 2007 at 5:35 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
jagaka2,
You've been arrested alot haven't you? Own it convict.
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Posted by ( GONASA ) on December 29, 2007 at 5:38 p.m.
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Posted by ( woody ) on December 29, 2007 at 5:47 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
And she ain't even blonde. I must get that issue of Playboy.
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Posted by ( biker ) on December 29, 2007 at 5:53 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Thats a model. ARGGGHHH. What does show moded - rubbber tires?
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Posted by ( A_Conservative_View ) on December 29, 2007 at 6:53 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Reyes, who weighs 105 pounds and is 5 feet 5 inches tall, couldn't understand how the officers perceived her as dangerous?. Perhaps she was never in the Viet Nam War. Whereas a small child, looking so cute, lifts up their shirt, and in their hand under it, is a hand gernade with pin pulled, and it goes BOOM. Or a hand gun shoots you in the head. Has not these liberal's learned yet, that we are at war with terrorist's World Wide, and NO ONE should be trusted, even when they are breaking the law, speak English, is a Playboy model and a perv for money, to support her drug habbit perhaps, and act's like a Paris Hilton and Britney wannabe that's also charged with obstructing an officer with or without violence, because she's loaded and don't care about fine's or ticket's either. What was she on anyway ?. A ego pill ?.
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Posted by ( MichaelVickFan2008 ) on December 29, 2007 at 6:58 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Thats what you get for being so skinny. Very fragile. I seen her playboy pics she very pretty. Police did everything by the book.
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Posted by ( scottfwtx ) on December 29, 2007 at 7:38 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Her playboy photos were airbrushed and touched-up.
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Posted by ( A_Conservative_View ) on December 29, 2007 at 8:24 p.m.
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Posted by ( scottfwtx ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:07 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
A_Conservative_View, what the f*&k does your comment have to do with the article? NOTHING!
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Posted by ( peak ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:13 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
JayC:
What point are you "attempting" to make about Temple Terrace?
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Posted by ( dobefan ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:15 p.m.
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Posted by ( dobefan ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:17 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Bobo were they going to pay you $12 to take the mag? :)
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Posted by ( IAMTHEMAN ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:27 p.m.
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Posted by ( IAMTHEMAN ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:41 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
just found out that she is of puerto rican descent and originally from new york and the playboy shoot has her in a "scanty" bathing suit for the "Girls of Montauk"..
It's all on her myspace page and she has some excellent pics of her on there also, especially the one where she has on a tiki barber (nyg) jersey and a dark blue thong only!!...GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!
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Posted by ( shrimpforbait ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:42 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
This young "lady" is lucky to be alive, you can't disobey an officer. By reaching for something, he could have shot or tazered her without any more requests to her to stop. A scab is better than 6 feet under.
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Posted by ( Jolie ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:54 p.m.
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Posted by ( tedh1112 ) on December 29, 2007 at 9:59 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
www.rebysky.com
Check out a whole gallery of airbrushes. Very hot, too bad that wasn't a full body mugshot!
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Posted by ( scottfwtx ) on December 29, 2007 at 10:08 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Oh my! Compared to her mugshot, they wore those airbrushes out at www.rebysky.com ! Doubt she'll ever get invited back to the Playboy Mansion.
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Posted by ( scottfwtx ) on December 29, 2007 at 10:17 p.m.
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Posted by ( peak ) on December 29, 2007 at 10:36 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Jeesh, this whole thing is a desperate and ham-fisted attempt at getting some exposure ala Debra Lafave.
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Posted by ( todu385 ) on December 29, 2007 at 10:56 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
As i recall TT used to not be the most professional unit in Hillsborough. Hope that is not true anymore. Also, most dont give a ticket but a different warning to get it fixed and if you show to the city or county that you have had it fixed there is no charge unless things have changed. Yes DO NOT SPEED AT ALL IN TT.
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Posted by ( scottfwtx ) on December 29, 2007 at 11:15 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
todu385, what does your comment have to do with this story? NOTHING.
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Posted by ( tallchic ) on December 29, 2007 at 11:29 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I am SOOOO sick of people bashing cops! I am a patient, law abiding citizen but give me a cops job and I would show no mercy. People have no respect for the law or their elders. I'm only 40 but I grew up a lot different than kids these days. Show some respect and don't think the world owes you anything! She should have obeyed the law. Poor Baby! Rules are for everyone!
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Posted by ( jay ) on December 29, 2007 at 11:40 p.m.
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Posted by ( peak ) on December 29, 2007 at 11:53 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Jay, you're joking right?
How can a radio tell a Police Officer if a 105lb girl just happens to have an AK-47?
It is a matter of life and death for police offciers to err on the side of caution and to follow protocol.
TTPD, great job!
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Posted by ( Skip ) on December 30, 2007 at 12:02 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
If police want respect they also need to show respect, especially to us law abiding, tax paying citizens. I have been treated very rudely by a TT cop even though I had broken no laws and only wanted to ask a question. I have also encountered some of the nicest and most professional officers on the TT force. There are certainly 3 sides to this story as there are with most, he said, she said and the truth. I certainly hope the TT police did the right thing this time.
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Posted by ( peak ) on December 30, 2007 at 12:11 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
"Model, police clash during traffic stop, and afterward"
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/12/30/Hillsborough/Model__police_clash_d.shtml
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Posted by ( devilschild335 ) on December 30, 2007 at 12:15 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Everyone keeps talking about this girl's looks! What does that matter?? She's not being charged for "Public Uglyness" Besides EVERYONE knows that if you stand women on their heads, they all look alike anyhow!
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Posted by ( Rob ) on December 30, 2007 at 12:25 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
This story shouldn't have even made it to TBO. Seriously too, if I see another backwards moron trying to politicize another story with the whole conservative-liberal arguement I'm going to throw-up.
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Posted by ( JAKEKOREA ) on December 30, 2007 at 1:14 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I'm sorry if this offends anyone, but I don't see why the woman was not allowed to get out of her car. My perception of the police in Florida is that they are often belligerent and arrogant. What ever became of "To serve and protect."
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Posted by ( DWNinTPA ) on December 30, 2007 at 1:38 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
What? Officers are trained to control the situation & those who don't follow instructions will learn the hard way whose in charge. Doubtful it's her first bondage encounter. Uh, Miss Reyes, Mons Venus is on line 2... you're on in 5min.
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Posted by ( TOMMYSOAP ) on December 30, 2007 at 4:49 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Wow a Playboy Playmate of the month, the pinnacle of Bimbodom.
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Posted by ( cresidue ) on December 30, 2007 at 9:34 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
JAKEKOREA is EXACTLY correct about more than just FL officers, you other people are a bunch of Liberal morons. I know cops and I've seen them get completely drunk & drive home, steal confiscated drugs, join in illegal activity, the list goes on. Many officers are honest & have integrity, but many do not. They're job is to SERVE the PUBLIC as a whole, and trampling our Constitutional Rights is NOT in they're perceived authority! Further, if you are stupid enough to report them, LOOK OUT!, they will get all their ignorant cop buddies so far up your A%% you'll need a lifetime supply of PrepH.
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Posted by ( brianjmagnin ) on December 30, 2007 at 9:35 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
FWI! It has been my expirience when being pulled over for a traffic violation or check point is to do as follows. 1. Turn on the interior light (if dark). 2. Lower window. 3.Put hands on steering wheel at 2 & 10. 4. Answer directly. I have always found this to be a good practice and believe me I am well practiced. These men and women have difficult enough jobs inforcing the law with out some making an uncertain and stressful situation more of both. Show them some respect and compation for the dangerous job they face daily. If you tick like a time bomb when they aproach don't be surprised when they go all bomb squad on you.
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Posted by ( dave99 ) on December 30, 2007 at 10:07 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
looks like they got a lot more airbrush work to do other than her cuts :) she looks like a crack addict, oops, did i say that?
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Posted by ( scottfwtx ) on December 30, 2007 at 11:27 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
LOL cresidue uses the word "liberal" like it's an insult.
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Posted by ( cavedog ) on December 30, 2007 at 11:39 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Temple Terrace cops are the bottom of the food chain. When you can't get a job with HCSO, Tampa PD, or even Plant City PD, Temple Terrace will give you a gun and TWO nightsticks.
They are buttheads generally. I don't go anywhere in Temple Terrace because of them. If you have a business in Temple Terrace, then you are loosing a lot money due to the wild west mentality of your police force.
It's not about enforcing the law. It's about revenue enhancement and keeping the iron fist wrapped tightly around the Kingdom of TT.
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Posted by ( SLUNGTONGUE ) on December 30, 2007 at 1:17 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
personally I like her and would love to meet her and pay her legal fees!
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Posted by ( BUGSY ) on December 30, 2007 at 2:03 p.m. ( Suggest removal