Corporal Mike Roberts TPD

Convicted Tampa cop killer found incompetent for the 13th time
By Alexandra Zayas, Times Staff Writer Posted: May 06, 2010 01:15 PM
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TAMPA — Not even a judge's order forcing psychotropic medications could restore convicted cop killer Carlos Bello to competency.
Bello, 57, refused to eat after Circuit Judge Ronald Ficarrotta made his ruling in April, said prosecutor Darrell Dirks. Noticing the fluctuation in his vital signs, jail officials delayed the administration of the medications to ensure his health, Dirks said.
The convict appeared in court this week in a wheel chair, unable to recognize his family members in the audience. Two doctors deemed him incompetent and on Thursday, Ficarrotta agreed.
For the 13th time since his 1987 conviction, Bello will return to a state hospital instead of being sentenced. "He has manipulated the system since 1981," Dirks said. "He continues to manipulate the system."
On July 24, 1981, the Cuban refugee who had spent the previous decade in and out of Cuban mental hospitals shot two Tampa police detectives during a drug bust. He injured Robert Ulriksen. He killed Gerald A. Rauft.
Once in custody, Bello tried to commit suicide. He became catatonic. Doctors diagnosed him with paranoid schizophrenia and medicated him at a hospital, only to find he would stop taking his medications in jail and deteriorate — a pattern he continues to repeat.
Six years after his arrest, a jury convicted him of murdering one detective and attempting to murder another. A judge sentenced him to die in the electric chair.
But in 1989, the Florida Supreme Court threw out the sentence, partly because Bello was made to wear leg shackles in court, which could have prejudiced the jury. The court ordered that Bello be resentenced.
More than 20 years later, that's where this case remains.
Dirks says the biggest problem lies in the lag time between Bello's stints at the hospital and his sentencing hearings. He was off his meds for at least a month before Ficarrotta ruled. Dirks says he will get a report about Bello in six months and once it's time for another hearing, will try to coordinate a quicker, more seamless transition.
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the royalty wrote:
to think there are still idiots out there that disagree with AZ's new law.
May 6, 2010 1:48 PM
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StPetePilot wrote:
I don't disagree with the AZ law, but I think any such law without massive immigration reform will be useless. Does that make me an idiot?
May 6, 2010 2:08 PM
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MentosMan727 wrote:
STRAWMAN ALERT! What in the hell does this have to do with AZ's new law? Turn off foxnews and start thinking rationally.
May 6, 2010 2:24 PM
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marcos wrote:
A real case for assisted suicide...
May 6, 2010 2:36 PM
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Gilbert Ford wrote:
The clear fact(s) hear are, he killed someone, he was convicted, he has manipulated an imperfect system and he is still living. That is really bothersome he is still living!
May 6, 2010 2:49 PM
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Stard3 wrote:
..and the Officer's Family have to endure this once again.
Not sure why this guy is still a living/breathing human being at this point. He needs to be put to sleep like a rabid dog.
May 6, 2010 3:40 PM
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Thunder123 wrote:
What? I don't get it!! lol lol He needs a priest. And we pay for him to live in jail or where ever he is. Well money is nothing to God because if it was the man would be ummm lets just say fried...... I really do get it though we live in a falling world. May the Lord Jesus Christ come soon I can't stand living here.
May 6, 2010 5:28 PM
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voxyqt wrote:
Judge Pomponio is sending out feelers. She wants to know if the public will accept this for Humberto Delgado who performed the gang hit on Mike Roberts. GANG HIT. It doesn't matter whether the public will accept it or not. This is exactly the trial you will see before you with Delgado the ganger. Remember my words. Why do you think they're keeping it so quiet and Pomponion wife of a cop? Cops took out Mike Roberts. With the help of the gang they protect the crack houses for. END OF STORY.
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