Airport President Facing As Many As 6 Felony Charges
Posted: 1:05 pm EDT October 30, 2007Updated: 9:46 am EDT October 31, 2007
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. -- Orlando-Sanford International Airport President Larry Dale is facing up to six felony charges. He's accused of confronting and then disarming three people at a Volusia County gun range.The Volusia County State Attorney's Office is looking at the case. They are trying to decide if they will file charges.Dale faces three felony charges of aggravated assault with a firearm and three felony charges of assault with a firearm after what happened on September 9 at the New Smyrna Conservation and Hunt Club in Volusia County.In the charging affidavit, Jerry Autry said he was shooting pistols there with his son and son's girlfriend when Dale jumped out of his truck, pointed a handgun at them and ordered the trio to drop their weapons and put their hands up while he patted them down.
Autry said Dale told him they weren't allowed to use handguns at the club. Dale then reportedly asked if they wanted to shoot skeet with his group.Autry told investigators he feared for his life and his shooting group, so they left. Autry said he believed he was assaulted. Autry said Dale never told him he was a police officer.Dale, though, told Volusia County sheriff's deputies that he identified himself as a police officer and was investigating a felony trespassing.Dale, a sworn police officer, is the commander of the Orlando-Sanford International Airport's police department. He had no comment.Autry didn't want to talk to Eyewitness News.
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