Time line: Michael Phillips' lifetime of crime

By the Times staff
Published August 17, 2007

At age 12, Michael Allen Phillips notched his first arrest. His run-ins with the law continued until he died Wednesday, when sheriff's snipers killed him. A look at his legal troubles:

Oct. 18, 1995: Volusia County sheriff's deputies charge him with felony armed burglary and grand larceny. Disposition is sealed because it's a juvenile offense.

May 1, 1997: DeLand police charge him with felony burglary. Disposition sealed.

June 19, 1997: Charged with felony armed burglary and grand larceny. Disposition sealed.

Oct. 26, 1998: Charged with misdemeanor battery. Disposition sealed.

April 14, 2001: The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office charges him with felony aggravated assault with a weapon. Disposition sealed.

May 4, 2001: Charged with felony aggravated assault with a weapon and misdemeanor battery. He's treated as an adult.

Aug. 1, 2001: Faces two misdemeanor domestic battery charges after being accused of striking girlfriend Shannon Ann West and another man. Prosecutors drop the case two months later because neither victim could be located.

Nov. 18, 2001: Charged with felony aggravated assault with a weapon and resisting an officer with violence and misdemeanor charges of domestic violence battery and resisting an officer without violence. Later sentenced to two years in prison and two years of community control.

Nov. 20, 2001: Charged with probation violations.

Aug. 12, 2002: Charged with probation violations. He picks up a new charge of misdemeanor marijuana possession. Pleads no contest to the drug charge. The judge withholds adjudication.

April 7, 2003: Charged with probation violations.

Nov. 18, 2003 through April 23, 2004: Serves prison time.

Aug. 18, 2004: Charged with probation violations.

Sept. 24, 2004: The Hillsborough state attorney files two misdemeanor domestic battery charges. Case is dropped in March 2005 because Phillips was in prison.

Nov. 30, 2004 through April 7, 2005: In prison.

Oct. 4, 2005: Charged with misdemeanor domestic battery on then-girlfriend Rosa Bradley. Case is dropped because Bradley waived prosecution.

April 4, 2006: Florida Highway Patrol charges him with reckless driving and culpable negligence. Pleads guilty, gets 15 days in jail.

June 21, 2006: Charged with misdemeanor battery and resisting an officer without violence. Pleads guilty, gets 15 days in jail.

Sept. 30, 2006: Accused of felony fleeing and eluding police and misdemeanor charges of resisting an officer without violence, reckless driving and driving on a suspended license.

Oct. 17, 2006: Charged with misdemeanor battery. Pleads no contest, gets six months' probation but doesn't successfully complete it.

Oct. 18, 2006: Charged with felony tampering with a witness and misdemeanor battery. Prosecutors drop the case because the victim won't cooperate.

Dec. 16, 2006: Charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct. No contest plea; adjudication withheld.

Feb. 22, 2007: Charged with felony aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and criminal mischief. Set for trial in September.

July 6, 2007: Bradley tells a deputy that she fears for her life after Phillips punches and bites her. Phillips is not arrested.

Compiled by Times staff writer Colleen Jenkins.

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