Requiem for a fallen officer, Cpl. Mike Roberts

Escorted by a Tampa police officer, Cynthia Roberts leaves her husband's funeral service.KATHLEEN FLYNN Times

Requiem for a fallen officer
About 4,000 people — including Gov. Charlie Crist — attended Tampa Police Cpl. Michael Roberts' funeral.

LUTZ — Cindy Roberts leaned into an officer for support as she walked toward her husband's casket.

A sea of uniforms and badges surrounded her as more than 4,000 gathered at St. Timothy Catholic Church to honor the life of a man known for his love of policing and family.

Cpl. Mike Roberts, 38, an 11-year veteran Tampa Police Department, died Wednesday, Aug 19, after a man pushing a shopping cart full of weapons shot him on a Sulphur Springs street corner.


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