The Division of the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) is a division of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and the law enforcement agency charged with ensuring the safety of the highways and roads of the state. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Highway_Patrol
Armando Almirall was arrested and booked. You made it sound like he got into a scuffle with a "neighborhood watch/ citizens on patrol" vigilante. Not so. This is serious. He had to post bond on 5 separate counts.