Sergeant Nicholas G. Sottile
Summary of Offense:
Convicted and sentenced to death in the shooting death of Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Nick Sottile on January 12, 2007. Altersberger was driving erratically when Sottile, 48, attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Altersberger near Lake Placid. Altersberger told his passenger that he was going to shoot the trooper. The passenger ran away, and Altersberger shot Sottile when he approached the driver's side window, according to prosecutors.
Altersberger was sentenced to death in Highlands County on June 16, 2009.
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