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Treatment, not prison, for 'insane' driver who killed Tampa father of 2
Fox13 Tampa Bay ^ | 8/31/21 | Gloria Gomez

Posted on 08/31/2021 10:05:49 AM PDT by Impala64ssa

The man who intentionally ran over a bicycling family three years ago was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Mikese Morse is now headed to a mental health facility for treatment instead of prison.

Hillsborough Judge Mark Kiser made it official Monday. "At this point, the court as entered a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity."

Doctors representing the state and the defense agreed Morse did not know right from wrong at the time of the crime.

"He did not know or appreciate the nature of his actions and the consequences, nor did he appreciate the wrongfulness of his behavior," testified clinical psychologist Dr. Ohiana Torrealday.

Back in summer of 2018, Morse was accused of intentionally running over a father and his two children who were riding bikes in Tampa. The father, Pedro Aguerreberry, was killed.

His children survived, but their mother Meghan says the scars are still there.

"For months after Pedro was killed, Lucas was afraid of going outside ‘where bad people are.’ There are no number of apologies or prayers that will ever convince me that the guy who did this is innocent. More than just a life was taken from us that day, " said Meghan Aguerreberry.

Morse, who attended the hearing virtually, spoke too.

"I really regret not getting the help I needed beforehand before this happened. I’m sincerely sorry for causing all this pain," said Morse.

However, Mikese's mother reminded the court her son did try to get help, even showing up to a police station and telling officers he was about to hurt someone. He was Baker Acted but released without proper treatment.

Michael Morse blames systemic racism for his son's lack of help in the mental health system.

"If my son was Tom Brady's son or a high-profile white guy, he would have never been dumped in the streets," claimed Morse.

Mikese Morse will be placed in the custody and care of the Department of Children and Families for treatment.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: blameracism; fakeinsanity; florida; markkiser; mikesemorse; ohpoorme; tampa
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AWWW,poor widdle psycho! Depraved on account of he was deprived because of systemic racism. So he beat a murder rap because a shrink who's just as effed up in the head as he is scammed a gullible DA and judge into believing he didn't know what he was doing. If it were, say, someone like Conner MacGregor, Brock Lesnar, Dwayne Johnson, etc bike riding at that same exact spot at the same exact time would this POS even think of messing with anyone like them?
That was slick how the defense lawywr threw in that snarky remark if it were Tom Brady's son. If anyone came forward saying they had a vision of Brady uttering the n-word when he was a kid he'd be cancelled and forced to go into hiding.
1 posted on 08/31/2021 10:05:49 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa

We need to learn from this. If someone goes to an authority and says that he is going to hurt someone, they need to be bound by law to check that person into the hospital and find out what is wrong. It’s nice to say put him in jail or execute him. Overtly mentally ill people do not belong in prison. That being said, he should not be let out for the rest of his life.


2 posted on 08/31/2021 10:08:53 AM PDT by Hildy (In an unforgiving world, only the shameless survive.)
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To: Impala64ssa

The guy showed up at a police station BEFORE the act saying he needed help because he wanted to kill people. They told him to sleep his insanity off.


3 posted on 08/31/2021 10:12:30 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Impala64ssa

bullsh!t...


4 posted on 08/31/2021 10:12:53 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: Impala64ssa

The man who intentionally ran over a bicycling family three years ago was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Intentional but insane, huh? Look, this is a classic example of why I never tire of telling people that we do NOT live in a truly civilized country. Because in any TRULY civilized country this killer would have been tried, convicted, sentenced to death, and HANGED all within the time span of a month — OR LESS! Disgraceful!


5 posted on 08/31/2021 10:13:38 AM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat ("It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." Ben Franklin)
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To: Hildy

There was a Quincy M.E. show that described what people should get: “Insane, But Guilty.”


6 posted on 08/31/2021 10:15:04 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Well that’s a relief. Now his victims aren’t as dead as if he’d been judged sane when he killed them.


7 posted on 08/31/2021 10:16:39 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: Impala64ssa

But he was able to drive.


8 posted on 08/31/2021 10:22:23 AM PDT by Tamatoa (Fight for our America, MAGA)
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To: Impala64ssa

“If my son was Tom Brady’s son or a high-profile white guy, he would have never been dumped in the streets,” claimed Morse.”

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Geezus H. Crimaney! If the police would have detained him on a 5150, the father would have still cried racism. F’ him and his BOY.


9 posted on 08/31/2021 10:24:47 AM PDT by Qui is (Biden spews and Harris swallows)
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To: Impala64ssa

SPJNK.


10 posted on 08/31/2021 10:31:20 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit..)
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It’s good to be a gangsta Democrat Voter!

https://youtu.be/6IJCFc_qkHw
11 posted on 08/31/2021 10:33:35 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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“telling officers he was about to hurt someone”

Maybe he really only asked to use the bathroom.


12 posted on 08/31/2021 10:45:19 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: Impala64ssa

Any legal types here who can speculate as to what typically happens with people like this?

How long are they usually treated in the mental health facility and are they in a lock down when being treated?

I wonder what will happen when he is judged to be “cured” and released? Perhaps a member of the murdered guys family will see him one day and do the right thing and see that real justice is done.


13 posted on 08/31/2021 10:48:02 AM PDT by billyboy15
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It used to be called mental institutions. Insane folk need to be set apart from general society(for their own safety and the safety of society). No hatred or prejudice...but they are too dangerous to themselves and others. Until we can find out why mental disease happens and how to control it.
The weak, and inadequate societal response to this human issue invites more innocent mayhem and death.


14 posted on 08/31/2021 10:48:24 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Sure would be a shame if [redacted] and then switched [redacted].

15 posted on 08/31/2021 11:05:30 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Impala64ssa

The proper response to murderous insanity is to euthanize the lunatic.


16 posted on 08/31/2021 11:06:21 AM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: Impala64ssa

I might have known...


17 posted on 08/31/2021 11:12:47 AM PDT by DesertRhino (A coup government may not claim the protection of the same constitution it overthrew. )
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To: Impala64ssa
Doctors representing the state and the defense agreed Morse did not know right from wrong at the time of the crime.

If this is the standard that we go by, no crime committed by any Democrat should ever be punished.

18 posted on 08/31/2021 11:27:49 AM PDT by nitzy
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I agree... If this had been a white guy running down a black father and son it would have been classed as a “Hate Crime”.
I just read another article claiming that hate crimes have risen and are attributed to “white Supremacists”.
Either the FBI report is pure disinformation or they have discounted all the attacks like this and others by Black’s attacking Asians, Whites on a consistent basis.


19 posted on 08/31/2021 12:18:49 PM PDT by Doc91678 (Doc91678)
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To: ConservativeMind

The article says he was Baker Acted but released without proper treatment.
In Florida that means you’re committed for an involuntary 72-hour mental health examination.
So it wasn’t the Police, it was the “Social Workers” that released him to murder.


20 posted on 08/31/2021 12:52:55 PM PDT by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: I have an alibi.)
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