Nicholas Lindsey (born January 18, 1995) is a Florida juvenile convicted of murder in the first degree of a law enforcement officer from the St. Petersburg Police Department. Background Nicholas Lindsey was a youth with a troubled past. According to records, Lindsey has a prior record for non violent crimes such as grand theft and trespassing. Although he attended school on the day of the shooting, he had missed 40 days during the school year. Gibbs High School former principal Kevin Gordon spoke with Lindsey about cutting class. The principal and his reading intervention teacher said the teenaged suspect always complied with authority. One teacher, Karen Morse, stated that he was a typical teen who would "strive for that teacher attention to do his best." Off campus, Lindsey appeared to be a different kid. Lindsey's Facebook page showed he had a gang name. St. Petersburg mayor Bill Foster recognized Lindsey when he saw the mugshot. He met with the teen inside his home during a 2010 Outreach the Community event. It was after his first arrest of grand theft. Foster said that the teen impressed him the most and had a goal to succeed in life. Foster went on to say he wanted Lindsey tried as an adult. Murder of Officer David Crawford On February 21, 2011, officer David Crawford, 46, was responding to a call of a suspicious person near Tropicana Field late that night. The caller stated that a man was holding a brick in his back yard then jumped the fence. The caller thought he might be a burglar. Officer Crawford arrived to the area and spotted the person then got out of his vehicle. At 10:37 p.m., Donald J. Ziglar, a fellow officer, noticed and reported an exchange of gunfire. Ziglar found Crawford lying near his cruiser, police stated. He was shot multiple times at close range after reaching for a notepad. More than 200 officers from different agencies across Tampa Bay poured into the city to take part in the massive manhunt for the suspect. Capture The manhunt came to an end the night of February 22, 2011. Upon receiving tips from the community, police raided a home and arrested 16-year-old Nicholas Lindsey. Lindsey originally offered different accounts of the events, but eventually admitted information that conformed with the evidence police had already gathered, said St. Petersburg Police Chief Chuck Harmon. Police also stated that