A man who says he got into a road rage incident with a detention deputy in Seffner is telling his side of the story.

According to detectives, just before 10:30 a.m., off-duty detention deputy Reginald Migues and Arthur Langley, 41, argued with each other along Williams Road and U.S. 92 in Seffner.

"As I put my signal light on to go around him and got in the other lane to give it gas, this guy gives his vehicle gas to keep me from going around him," said Langley.

Both men pulled their vehicles into a parking lot at 5520 Carmack Road in Seffner. Migues exited his vehicle and walked towards Langley who also got out of his vehicle, according to detectives.

Detectives said Migues pulled out his personal Glock .40-caliber handgun, chambered a round and pointed the gun at Langley, putting Langley in fear for his life.

"He’s just yelling and yelling, and next thing I know, he comes from behind his back with a gun cocked and put it to my head," said Langley. "Next thing I know, I saw his wife run between us, slapped his arm down. He went to pull it up again, she's yelling at him and pushed it back down."

Langley said he called 911, but he claims when responding deputies got there they waited too long to arrest Migues because he was a deputy.

But the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office says there’s more to the story.

"We called Internal Affairs,” said sheriff’s office spokesman Larry McKinnon. “He could've had a much more rapid investigation had the patrol deputies conducted the investigation but then there would've been the question of, why we didn't call Internal Affairs and that we provided him special treatment."

The sheriff's office says the responding deputies didn't know Migues was law enforcement until he was questioned. When he mentioned a service weapon was in the truck, deputies notified Internal Affairs when questioning was finished.

Langley says he's thankful to Migues' wife for stepping in when she did.

"I'm still nervous, still don't know, this guy is out, this guy is free," said Langley.

Internal Affairs is still reviewing the case.

Migues was arrested and charged with one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was booked into the Orient Road Jail late Tuesday afternoon.

The sheriff's office says Migues resigned before they completed the termination process.



Migues had been employed with HCSO for the past 11 years and was assigned to the Falkenburg Road Jail.