Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

Anthony Cericola

Name: Anthony Cericola
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 11/10/2002
Location: South Highway 441
Lake City, Florida, 32024
County: Columbia
Agency: Lake City Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Cericola was riding motorcycles with his friend, an off-duty police officer with a high blood-alcohol level, when she unexpectedly slowed down in front of him. Their bikes collided, they were both thrown, and he sustained a fatal head injury. She was charged with DUI.
Unique ID: 2068

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