Скачать или смотреть Ex-Port Richey Mayor Dale Massad pleads guilty in 2019 shooting, gets 3 years in prison

The former Port Richey mayor accused of shooting at Pasco County deputies during a 2019 SWAT raid on his home entered a plea deal Wednesday morning.

Dae Massad pleaded guilty to aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer as part of a deal that will sentence him to state prison for three years.

Massad had initially been charged with four counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer after deputies raided his home in February 2019 to serve a warrant for him allegedly practicing medicine without a license. Three of those four charges were dropped, and the fourth was reduced as part of the plea agreement.

At the same time, Massad pleaded guilty to the charges of practicing medicine without a license. For that, he received three years, running concurrently with the other sentence, and 10 years probation after serving his time.

He has been in jail awaiting trial for two years after he was first arrested on charges of alleged corruption and then interfering with a witness. Because the sentences run concurrently, Massad’s attorneys say he would likely be in prison for a year or less before he’s released on probation.