The fate of an Osceola County sheriff’s deputy accused of igniting a gasoline fire with a stun gun that severely burned a man he was trying to arrest will soon rest with the jury Friday after a weeklong trial in which he testified the incident was an accident.

An Osceola County deputy accused of causing a large fire during an arrest took the stand Thursday in his own defense.

In addition to arguing the discharge was accidental, the defense has suggested that either Koffinas’ discharge or the hot engine of Barreto’s dirt bike may have ignited the gasoline. Koffinas was not criminally charged and received a 40-hour suspension after an internal investigation.

The state has rested its case in the criminal trial of Deputy David Crawford, who is accused of Tasing a suspect at a gas pump, causing a fire that severely burned both his own legs and 75% of the suspect’s body.

The Osceola County deputy who was accused of deploying his Taser on a gas-covered man in 2022 — igniting a blaze that seriously burned the victim — was found not guilty of negligence on Friday after a weeklong trial.

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After several hours of deliberations, a jury found an Osceola County deputy on trial for tasing a man near a gas pump, resulting in a fire that severely injured the suspect, not guilty of culpable negligence,