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| Man convicted in 1980 St. Petersburg police slaying dies in prison |
| By tampabay.com |
| Published: 01/07/2015 |
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Sammie Lee Mathis, convicted and sentenced to life in prison for killing a St. Petersburg narcotics detective in 1980, died over the weekend, authorities said. Mathis, 57, was serving his term at the South Florida Reception Center in Doral, according to a news release from the St. Petersburg Police Department. He died at 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 4. The Department of Corrections has not released a cause of death pending an autopsy. Mathis was convicted in November 1980 for shooting narcotics detective Herbert Sullivan twice in the chest during an undercover drug deal. Sullivan, 30, and his partner Harry Herbst had arranged a $65,000 drug buy with Bill Haake, a drug dealer who recruited Mathis as help. Haake led the detectives to a motel. When Herbst went inside to inspect the drugs, Mathis shot Sullivan, who was sitting in a pickup with the money. Read More. |
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