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Tampa Shoplifting Suspect Briefly Escapes From Patrol Car

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Published: December 9, 2008

Gabriel Burgos

TAMPA - A man arrested Tuesday morning on petty theft and drug possession charges kicked out the rear window of a deputy's patrol car on the way to Orient Road Jail and escaped for a brief time, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrest affidavit.

Gabriel Burgos, 33, of 2225 E. 131st Ave., Tampa, was arrested about 10 a.m. at the Wal-Mart at 2701 E. Fletcher Ave., deputies say. Burgos is accused of trying to take $48.24 worth of merchandise but was stopped by deputies in the store's garden center, the affidavit states.

As he was being arrested, deputies searched Burgos and found cocaine in a small plastic bag along with a clear plastic bag and a hook from a hanger wire, the affidavit states.

Deputies say that on the way to the jail, Burgos escaped from the patrol car after he kicked out the rear passenger-side window. He then ran south on 50th Street until deputies caught him, the affidavit states.

After he was taken into custody for a second time, deputies found that Burgos was carrying a syringe filled with red liquid, the affidavit states. Burgos told deputies the liquid was blood.

Three hours after he was booked into jail, Burgos told detention deputies that he had used his brother's name, birth date and Social Security number when he was first arrested, according to the affidavit. Burgos told deputies he used his brother's name to avoid being arrested on a warrant for possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Burgos was charged Tuesday with possession of cocaine, petty theft less than $100, criminal mischief of more than $1,000, escape while transporting, obstructing or opposing an officer without violence and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia.

He is being held without bail.

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