Thursday, March 8, 2012

Road Rage! Starring Mixed Martial Artist Fernando "El Gato" Rodrigues

This is a true road rage story which transpired just a couple of days ago here in south Florida

It describes the sad reality of what road rage is all about.  Some one pisses you off as you are in your car.  You react to it via a violent display and the whole act is what is known as road rage.

5' 10", 214 lb, 31 year old mixed martial artist Fernando Rodrigues is sitting in his Hummer vehicle on 441, which is a main road that is undivided and has like 3 lanes in each direction.  He is sitting idle in his Hummer waiting for the red light to change to green so that he can proceed forward.

The vehicle in front of him is a truck in which two male occupants are in.  They are pool service guys and they are waiting for the red light to change also.

The red light changes to green and the pool service guys in their truck are too slow to respond.  In other words, the light is green damn it, when are you gonna step on the gas?

Mixed martial artist Fernando Rodrigues is angry that the pool guys are not moving, he brandishes his gun at them as he shouts obscenities to them.  The pool service guys, pull off to the side of the road to dial 911 calling the police.

The one pool service guy has a carry permit to carry a concealed gun and he does have a loaded pistol on his body.  Meanwhile, instead of Fernando Rodrigues driving along on his merry way, what does he do?  He pulls behind the pool service guys truck, gets out of his Hummer and pistol whips both pool service guys.

The one pool service guy, draws his gun and is gonna fire a shot at Fernando Rodrigues, but realizes the first chamber of his gun is empty.  Just as the pool guy pulls the pistols trigger, the police arrive.

The end result is Fernando Rodrigues is arrested and charged with a whole slew of charges.  The police REALLY threw the book at him.  I will post the charges below, so you can see for your self.  The judge ordered NO BOND, which means Fernando Rodrigues is staying in jail until the trial date.  On the bondable charges, there are 3 charges of $10,000 each and two charges of $5,000 each.

All of this over a road rage incident that 100% did not have to happen.

It could have been worse though.  There were two guns present at this self created calamity and neither gun was fired.  Surely if either gun was fired the injuries would have been much greater and most likely would have resulted in a death.

I will be sure to follow this story to its end and comment in the comments section of this thread.

Sadly for all involved, just think how this road rage mishap is gonna affect the lives of the three men involved.  For the two pool guys, they suffered being pistol whipped.  Hummer driving mixed martial artist Fernando Rodrigues is probably going to spend the next year or more in jail or prison.  He will have to hire an attorney to defend him and when you see the whole list of charges, I have got to imagine that's gonna cost like $50,000 in attorney fees.  Fernando Rodrigues will not be able to work at his new business venture, which is running a mixed martial arts gym.

All of this over a road rage incident.  How peoples lives can be changed in a matter of seconds

Here is the link to the local news article pertaining to this road rage incident. >>> http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/crime/fl-mma-fighter-road-rage-arrested-20120306,0,4571369.story

Another interesting article pertaining to this story. >>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2111617/Fernando-Rodrigues-jailed-Judge-rules-martial-arts-fighters-hands-feet-deadly-weapons.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

CBS Miami article on this story. >>> http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/03/06/s-fla-mma-fighter-jailed-in-apparent-road-rage-attack/ 

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Listed below are the charges Fernando Rodrigues was arrested for.

RODRIGUES, FERNANDO FRANCISCO

INMATE INFORMATION
Arrest Number: 531200338  Arrest Date: 03/05/2012 
Race: Sex: DOB: 11/26/1980 
Height: 510   Weight: 214  Hair: BRO  Eyes: BLU 
Arresting Agency: CORAL SPRINGS 
* Location: Main Jail 
* Visitation: 5C View Schedule
* Expected Release Date:  

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CHARGE(S) INFORMATION
Charge Number: 1
Case Number:
Statute: 810.02-2b
Description: BURG/DWELLING STRUCTURE OR CONVEYANCE ARMED
Charge Comment:
Charge Status: PENDING TRIAL
Bond Type: NB
Bond Amount: 0.00
Disposition:
Projected Sent. End Date*:

Charge Number: 2
Case Number:
Statute: 810.02-2a
Description: BURGLARY/WITH ASSAULT OR BATTERY
Charge Comment:
Charge Status: PENDING TRIAL
Bond Type: NB
Bond Amount: 0.00
Disposition:
Projected Sent. End Date*:

Charge Number: 3
Case Number:
Statute: 784.045-1a2
Description: AGGRAVATED BATTERY WITH DEADLY WEAPON
Charge Comment:
Charge Status: PENDING TRIAL
Bond Type: BD
Bond Amount: 10,000.00
Disposition:
Projected Sent. End Date*:

Charge Number: 4
Case Number:
Statute: 784.045-1a2
Description: AGGRAVATED BATTERY WITH DEADLY WEAPON
Charge Comment:
Charge Status: PENDING TRIAL
Bond Type: BD
Bond Amount: 10,000.00
Disposition:
Projected Sent. End Date*:

Charge Number: 5
Case Number:
Statute: 784.045-1a2
Description: AGGRAVATED BATTERY WITH DEADLY WEAPON
Charge Comment:
Charge Status: PENDING TRIAL
Bond Type: BD
Bond Amount: 10,000.00
Disposition:
Projected Sent. End Date*:

Charge Number: 6
Case Number:
Statute: 784.021-1a(C)
Description: AGG ASSAULT W/FIRE ARM
Charge Comment:
Charge Status: PENDING TRIAL
Bond Type: BD
Bond Amount: 5,000.00
Disposition:
Projected Sent. End Date*:

Charge Number: 7
Case Number:
Statute: 784.021-1a(C)
Description: AGG ASSAULT W/FIRE ARM
Charge Comment:
Charge Status: PENDING TRIAL
Bond Type: BD
Bond Amount: 5,000.00
Disposition:
Projected Sent. End Date*:
* Subject to Change

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