A 21-year-old man resisting arrest for an alleged drug deal in Fort Lauderdale injured two detectives – Sun Sentinel
A Fort Lauderdale detective suffered a broken hand and other injuries when police fought with an accused drug dealer who and wanted to sell $700 worth of heroin in a supermarket, and, once caught, was resisting arrest authorities said.
He never made it to aisle six as planned and was instead confronted by police on his way to the store.
When the dust settled after a violent struggle and resisting arrest, drug suspect Ricco Cintron, 21, also bruised from the altercation, was taken to Broward’s Main Jail where he was being held without bond.
Cintron was charged with trafficking heroin, distributing/delivering ecstasy and other drug offenses, two counts of battery on an officer and obstructing or depriving that officer with means of protection or communication.
Along with the broken hand, Detective Matthew Porterfield was taken to Holy Cross Hospital with a bruised leg and neck that was hurt when Cintron slammed it with his elbow so hard that it made the detective vomit, according to the arrest report filed in the case.
During the struggle, Cintron yelled “I ain’t going to jail,” the report said.
According to the report, Cintron sold undercover detectives cannabis on Oct. 16 and Oct. 17. About a week later, Cintron agreed to sell the undercover detective marijuana again.
Later that day, Cintron sold the detective $100 worth of heroin at the intersection of State Road A1A and Oakland Park Boulevard.
On Wednesday, Cintron agreed to sell the detective $700 worth of heroin—about 7 grams of the drug—and six ecstasy pills worth $100, police said.
According to the report, Cintron told the undercover detective that he would sell him the heroin and ecstasy in aisle six of the Winn-Dixie supermarket along the 3800 block of North Ocean Boulevard.
But while en route to conduct the transaction, detectives in a marked police cruiser stopped Cintron who was riding a bicycle.
While holding his hands on top of his head, he tried to sneak a hand into his pants pocket to pull a video game disc box that was later found to contain drugs, the report said.
That’s when detectives moved in for the arrest and the struggle began.
Cintron swung his arms and struck one detective, while elbowing the other in the throat.
During the altercation, Cintron managed to remove a radio from the police belt of one of the detectives, police said. The other detective’s radio was damaged during the incident.
They finally got handcuffs on Cintron and found heroin and ecstasy pills hidden in the game box, the report said.
Detective Porterfield was treated for his injuries at Holy Cross Hospital, police said.
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