A former Tampa Bay-area middle school principal who lost his job over a drug arrest five years ago went on a rampage Friday, stabbing several people - killing at least two - before driving his car into a crowded porch and also attacking two others at a motel, authorities said. Anthony Giancola, 45, was taken into custody Friday afternoon and charged hours later with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office reported. Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said Giancola told his mother afterward "that she would be very proud of him because he'd just killed 10 drug dealers." Police said there was no indication any of the victims were involved in illegal activity. The crime spree began shortly before 11 a.m. in Lealman, a small city in Pinellas County, about 20 miles west of Tampa. This undated photo provided by Pinellas County Sheriff's Office shows Anthony Giancola, 45. Giancola, an ex-Tampa Bay-area middle school principal who lost his job over a drug arrest five years ago went on a rampage Friday, stabbing several people, killing at least two, and then drove his car into a crowded porch before attacking two others at a motel, authorities said. (AP Photo/Pinellas County Sheriff's Office via Tampa Tribune) Close That's when Giancola went to a group home for the hearing impaired and stabbed four people there, police said. There was no immediate indication that the victims were involved in criminal activity. But never (anything) this drastic. "It appears at this moment, this is all random," said Barreda. Giancola also went to the Kenvins Motel in the nearby city of Pinellas Park, where he attacked the married couple who own the motel with a hammer, authorities said. The husband is in critical condition, authorities said. At around 11:30 a.m., Barreda said, Giancola pulled up in front of a house in Pinellas Park and asked residents where he could find women. Authorities said Giancola also struck a 13-year-old boy on a bike. The Tampa Bay Times reported that Giancola's mother and sister picked him up afterward as he sat in his idling Ford outside a diner. They took him home, but he didn't stay, so they called deputy sheriffs. By that time, officers had spoken with victims who were able to communicate and had pieced together the name of the suspect, Barreda said. A police dog tracked Giancola to near a storage facility and that's where he was arrested.