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House Bill 9103




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9103

        By Representative Meek






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution in memory of Officer Robert

  3         Vargas.

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  5         WHEREAS, Officer Robert Vargas, born in Miami on

  6  February 4, 1968, was a graduate of Hialeah High School,

  7  served in the United States Army Airborne Rangers, and

  8  attended Miami-Dade Community College, and

  9         WHEREAS, Officer Vargas joined the Metro-Dade Police

10  Department in 1994, stating that it was a "life-long dream

11  come true," and

12         WHEREAS, Officer Robert Vargas strived for excellence

13  in everything he did, and his love for police work was

14  expressed in the testimony of a colleague, "He was so

15  well-liked even the people he arrested liked him," and

16         WHEREAS, Officer Vargas' career ended on February 7,

17  1997, in the line of duty, as a result of a traffic accident,

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19         WHEREAS, Officer Vargas was a good provider and was

20  devoted to his family, his wife, Barbara, his 3-year-old son,

21  Robert Anthony, his 4-month-old daughter, Amber Nicole, and

22  his parents, Adelina and Frederico Vargas, and

23         WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that this legislative

24  body take this time to commend the life and service of Officer

25  Robert Vargas, NOW, THEREFORE,

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27  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

28  Florida:

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9103

    572-137A-97






  1         That the House of Representatives pauses in its

  2  deliberations to pay its respects to Metro-Dade Police Officer

  3  Robert Vargas.

  4         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

  5  be presented to Mrs. Barbara Vargas as a tangible token of the

  6  sentiments expressed herein.

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