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Video: Inmate attempts to grab deputy’s gun while in court

Though inmate was in handcuffs, ankle cuffs and a waist chain, he still made a grab for the officer’s holstered weapon

By Dan Sullivan
Tampa Bay Times

TAMPA — Even before he tried to grab her gun, the deputy was wary of the young man sitting at the end of the inmate bench.

And among the handful of tall, burly deputies working Judge Martha Cook’s courtroom Tuesday morning, 5-foot-2 Master Sgt. Tracy Wallace probably stood out to the inmate, too.

Wallace could feel Robert Lewis Bridges’ eyes on her as she moved about the courtroom. She could see him studying her black service belt, glancing at the Taser and the handcuffs. She could sense him staring at her pistol.

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