UPDATED: VA cop accused of stabbing & shooting at two firefighters walks. Charges dropped because of 'involuntary intoxication'.
UPDATED: New video above.
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You may recall the story we ran from March 4 of an off-duty rookie Virginia Beach police officer who crashed his vehicle on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. This was the case case of Bradley Colas, accused of attempted murder for stabbing two firefighters who came to his aid and shooting at them. At the time of the incident Colas believed he was trying to find Jesus and also to protect his girlfriend.
All charges against Colas were dropped today at the Accomack County courthouse. According to Sarah Hutchins at The Virginian-Pilot, Colas’ attorney, Moody Stallings, said the prosecution dropped the charges after agreeing with the position of the defense that Colas was suffering from “involuntary intoxication” from the antibiotic Biaxin he was taking for a respiratory infection. The attorney supplied testimony from a doctor to backup his claim.
“I’m disappointed it’s taken this long,” Stallings said.
A judge signed an order for Colas’ release from custody, Stallings said. A Circuit Court trial had been scheduled to start tomorrow.
Colas twice had been denied bond in Accomack County. At a bond appeal hearing in March, Colas told firefighters in the courtroom he was sorry for what had happened.
All charges against Virginia Beach police officer Bradley Colas were nolle prosequi in an Accomack County courthouse this morning.
Nolle prosequi is a term meaning that for now, the prosecution has decided not to pursue the charges in question. The charges in question can be pursued at a later time, however.
While leaving the courtroom this afternoon, Colas told WAVY.com that he is glad the firefighters are OK. He said he was “out of his mind” at the time of the alleged attack, and the drug he took was “very dangerous.”
