Woman runs into horse, dozen arrested for counterfeit Super Bowl tickets

TAMPA - Police nabbed more than a dozen people Sunday for a variety of crimes, including selling counterfeit Super Bowl tickets and a woman who allegedly drunkenly drove into a police horse.

Brandi Holt-Drive, 20,r of Bradenton, was accused of driving under the influence after she hit a mounted officer at 7 p.m. at of Columbus Drive and Himes Avenue near Raymond James Stadium.

Ginger the horse was from the Bushnell Police Department. The animal and officer were unhurt, police said.

A dozen people - all from out of state - were accused of peddling counterfeit category tickets. Police issued another 15 warnings to unlicensed vendors.

Police said nine people attempted to sell tickets near and around the stadium, some for as much as $7,200. One person was arrested after trying to sell $15 worth of fake NFL merchandise. And two Nevada men were nabbed after trying to enter the game with phony credentials.

Counterfeit Arrests

David Grillo, 45, Monongahela, Pa.
CHARGES: Forging or counterfeiting private labels
DETAILS: Tried to sell counterfeit tickets at 309 Highland Ave.

Teal Scott Springhart, 30, Portland, Ore.
CHARGES: Forging or counterfeiting private labels
DETAILS:  Suspect was attempting to sell counterfeit tickets at Himes and Cordelia Street

Monterio Williams,  26, Chicago
CHARGES: Forging or counterfeiting private labels, obstructing or opposing without violence
DETAILS: Suspect was attempting to sell counterfeit tickets at 4:30 p.m. at 3300 Cordelia St.

James Dizoglio, 44, Hampton Beach, N.H.
CHARGES:  Forging or counterfeiting private labels
DETAILS: A husband and wife team was attempting to sell three counterfeit tickets for $7,200. Officers caught them at St Joseph Street West and Himes Avenue and seized four tickets.

Svetlana Savaceno, 24, Hampton Beach, N.H.
CHARGES:  Forging or Counterfeiting Private Labels
DETAILS: A husband and wife team was attempting to sell three counterfeit tickets at St. John Street and Himes Avenue at 5:15 p.m.

Shawn Patrick Johnson, 53, Atlanta
CHARGES:  Forging or Counterfeiting a Private Label, Fraudulent Possession of Admission Ticket
DETAILS: Suspect was attempting to sell counterfeit tickets at noon at 3434 Columbus Drive W.

Willie Miller, 31, Decatur, La.
CHARGES:  Forging or Counterfeiting Private Labels
DETAILS: Suspect was attempting to sell counterfeit tickets at 12pm near the stadium

Anthony Smith, 45, Philadelphia
CHARGES:  Forging or Counterfeiting Private Labels, Opposing or Obstructing w/o Violence
DETAILS: Suspect was attempting to sell counterfeit tickets at Virgina Ave. and Gomez at 3:32pm

Stevie Dixon, 48, Decatur, Ga.
CHARGES:  Forging or Counterfeiting Private Labels
DETAILS: Suspect was attempting to sell counterfeit tickets at Columbus Drive and Dale Mabry Highway at 5:25pm

Peter Joseph Stier, 49, Niagra Falls
CHARGES: Forging or counterfeiting private labels
DETAILS: Suspect attempted to sell counterfeit NFL merchandise valued at $15 to undercover officers

Sammy Lewis, 48, Las Vegas and Andrew Kaufman, 34, of Nevada
CHARGES: Forging or counterfeiting private label, grand theft
DETAILS: The suspects were attempting to enter the game with counterfeit credentials, but security alerted the Tampa Police Department. Twelve manufactured credentials were confiscated.

Stolen Tickets

Police arrested 45-year-old Alfred Dunn of Louisville, Ky., on a grand theft charge after he took a man's two Super Bowl tickets, worth about $1,600, at about 11:30 a.m. and ran away. Several bystanders alerted the victim and police, who then arrested Dunn at 4201 N. Dale Mabry Highway. Dunn had dropped the tickets on Himes Avenue; the victim got the tickets back.

--Kameel Stanley, Times staff writer

Comments

[PC]

WTG security and TPD.

It looks like the locals behaved and the game brought a bunch of @#$%^&*
jerks from out of town.

I hope that they are not just slapped on the wrist and released.

[PC]

WTG security and TPD.

It looks like the locals behaved and the game brought a bunch of @#$%^&*
jerks from out of town.

I hope that they are not just slapped on the wrist and released.

[mel]

N, those are all the arrests for counterfeiting. The disorderly conduct arrests were PA and FL people.

[John]

What's the matter SPT couldn't find any teachers to commit crimes this weekend? Why didn't you list the jobs of the people who were busted?

[Nick]

John, are you really trying to defend these lowlifes? Seriously? Maybe you are one of the people on this list, because I can't think of any other reason to want to attack the people who called them out for being scum. Too bad they couldn't list their jobs, maybe a phone number and address too, at least for the guy that stole the legitimate tickets.

[Joey]

I wonder where the 20year old got the liquor from. hopefully TPD will find out and arrest that person also.

[Anonymous]

It sucks that the police can't check on the tickets before arresting - James and Svetlana turned out to have legitimate tickets after their car, money and belongings were taken from them.

How unfortunate.