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Man accused of flashing knife on busBy Times staff writer© St. Petersburg Times published October 28, 2002 ST. PETERSBURG -- A knife-wielding passenger disrupted a Greyhound bus trip just north of the Sunshine Skyway bridge Sunday afternoon, Pinellas sheriff's officials said. Luis Rey Conde, 41, boarded the bus in Bradenton and later began shouting incoherently in Spanish and flashing a pocket knife, sheriff's spokeswoman Marianne Pasha said. The New York-bound bus, carrying 14 people, pulled over just north of the toll plaza about 2 p.m. An off-duty sheriff's deputy and a Florida Highway Patrol sergeant boarded the bus, and the man pulled the knife, its blade open, from his pocket. The officers grabbed the man's arm, and he dropped the knife. No one was hurt. Conde's last known address is in Miami, but he is believed to be a transient, Pasha said. He pleaded guilty to disorderly intoxication last month, public records show. Passengers said they saw him drinking before he got on the bus Sunday, Pasha said. Conde was taken to the Pinellas County Jail and charged with aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest with violence. He was being held Sunday afternoon on $15,250 bail.
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