Man accused of attacking Greek Orthodox priest talks to Bubba the Love Sponge

Is this part of a bigger problem? Is he telling the truth? Was this Marine always nasty? Is there more to this story than we already know? People do not suddenly turn around and do something like this all of a sudden when they showed no actions like this before. Did he change?

Man accused of attacking Greek Orthodox priest talks to Bubba the Love Sponge
By Alexandra Zayas, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Friday, November 13, 2009
TAMPA — Jasen Bruce, the Marine reservist who has remained silent since police accused him of hitting a Greek Orthodox priest with a tire iron Monday, spoke publicly for the first time Thursday — with Bubba the Love Sponge Clem.

Bruce, 28, talked with the shock jock on his syndicated morning show. He repeated his lawyer's account that the priest sexually attacked him, spoke of initially being heralded as a "hero" by police and declared his heterosexuality in the face of online pictures that show him flexing his muscles while wearing little clothing.

Tampa Police Department spokeswoman Laura McElroy said police are still investigating and don't want to give a blow-by-blow response to Bruce's account. But "his credibility is in question as part of our investigation," she said.

Police say the bearded, robed priest got incorrect directions from his global positioning device, left Interstate 275 and found himself driving around the Channel District. He followed a row of cars into the Seaport Channelside condominiums and approached Bruce, who was bent over the trunk of his car. He tapped on his shoulder before uttering, in broken English, the words "help" and "please."
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Tampa tow truck driver also accused Marine reservist of rampage
By Alexandra Zayas and Demorris A. Lee, Times Staff Writers
In Print: Thursday, November 12, 2009

TAMPA — Two years before police said he hit a Greek Orthodox priest over the head with a tire iron, Jasen Bruce had a run-in with another stranger, a tow truck driver who said the Marine left him hurting for months.

Steven Ray Allen, now 59, remembers a time when he towed cars outside the Calta's Fitness Club on Gandy Boulevard. And he remembers the incident that made him stop.

It was Halloween afternoon, 2007. Someone had parked a silver Jaguar in a tow-away zone. As Allen backed his tow truck bed up to the Jag, he says seven or eight large men came out of the gym and surrounded him.

"They puffed their chests out like they were He-Man," Allen said, "like they were trying to intimidate me."

Bruce came out, and they got into an argument.
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Tampa tow truck driver also accused Marine reservist of rampage