Funeral services for Sgt. Michael Kunovich will be Thursday and Friday after his death arresting Vergilio Aguilar Mendez, who is on detainer for ICE.
will be Thursday and Friday following the 25-year St. Johns County Sheriff's Office veteran's death in the line of duty.
The 52-year-old sergeant experienced medical distress Friday night while trying to detain an 18-year-old man who was resisting arrest, according to the Sheriff's Office.on charges of murder and resisting law enforcement with violence and on detainment for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, jail records show.
The confrontation began about 9 p.m. when Kunovich made contact with a young man sitting in the dark outside a closed business in the 2500 block of Florida 16 in St. Augustine, Sheriff Robert Hardwick previously said. He attempted to search him for weapons, but Aguilar Mendez pulled away and tried to flee.
More deputies responded, but the 18-year-old continued to resist and attempted to grab Kunovich’s taser while fighting on the ground, the sheriff said. The struggle continued for about 6 minutes.
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