Man Charged In Fatal Stabbing
RODNEY BRINSON, JR. A 28-year-old St. Petersburg man has been arrested and charged with murder. He was involved in a stabbing in which the victim later died. According to the St. Petersburg Police...
View ArticleMan Recovering From New Year’s Day Shooting
JEREMY A. TIMS … Recovering from gunshot wounds A 27-year-old Tampa man is recovering after being shot on New Year’s night. The shooting took place outside an East Tampa club. According to Tampa...
View ArticleWoman Given 40 Years For Fraud, Facing 85 Years In Murder Plot
MS. PRISCILLA ANN ELLIS In October, a federal judge sentenced a 52-year-old Priscilla Ellis, of Killen, Texas, to serve 40 years in prison on fraud charges. On Thursday, she was set to appear for...
View ArticleW. Palm Beach Man Capture For Alleged Double Murder
Marlin Joseph was captured by U.S. Marshals Tuesday. WEST PALM BEACH —- Police in West Palm Beach and U.S. Marshals have captured a 26-year-old man accused of fatally shooting his mother’s girlfriend...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty In Drug Related Death
ANTONORIO NELSON A 29-year-old man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute a drug that resulted in a death. He is facing a minimum mandatory penalty of 20 years, up to life in federal prison....
View ArticleWoman Dies In Traffic Accident Fleeing From Police
MS. JACOIYA JABERA JACKSON A 26-year-old woman died Saturday after being involved in a traffic accident. According to police, Ms. Jacoiya Jabera Jackson, of Sanford, was in Lake Wales when she became...
View ArticleDriver Arrested Truck Hits Building, Injures Resident
MARCELLINO PEREZ A Tampa man has been arrested after he crashed his truck into an apartment building and fled the scene. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, the accident...
View ArticleMan Sentenced To 27 Years For Armed Robbery
PATRICK D. CUMMINGS A federal judge sentenced a man to more than two decades in prison. He pleaded guilty to armed robbery last year. He was facing a maximum penalty of 20 on the...
View ArticlePursuit Involving Stolen Car Lands 4 In Jail
JAMAL LAFORTUNE KRIS HOOKS KEYANDRE LIVERT STEVENSON PIERRE Two teenagers and two adults were arrested Wednesday following a high-speed chase through 3 counties. The pursuit involved several...
View ArticleTampa Man Facing Attempted Murder Charge
DERRICK GILGHREST … Facing attempted murder charge EARL WILLIAMS … Recovering from gunshot wound A 19-year-old man was arrested Wednesday night and charged with attempted first-degree...
View ArticleThree Alabama Men Charged In Polk County Murder
KENLEY CAMPBELL DARRIL LAMAR RANKIN, JR. GERJUAN DEMARCUS JACKSON Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives have identified and arrested three Alabama men in connection with a murder...
View ArticlePolice Search For Armed Robbery Suspects
CELL TECH ROBBERY CELL TECH ROBBERY #2 Police are currently searching for two men who robbed a business at gunpoint. The robbery took place on December 22nd. According to the Hillsborough County...
View ArticleFlorida Supreme Court Tosses Out Death Sentence
DONTAE MORRIS Convicted of 4 murders DEREK ANDERSON Killed May 18, 2010 HAROLD WRIGHT Killed June 8, 2010 RODNEY JONES Killed May 31, 2010 OFFICER JEFF KOCAB Killed June 29, 2010 OFFICER DAVID...
View ArticleMan Deported 4 Times Pleads Guilty To Aggravated ID Theft
JOSE GERARDO MEJIA-RANGEL A 41-year-old made pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft last week. He previously pleaded guilty in a separate case to illegally re-entering the United States. He is...
View ArticlePolice Investigate Fatal Stabbing Of Tampa man
SAMARYON ATTWELL 6/21/1982 — 1/12/2018 Police are investigating an altercation that resulted in a fatal stabbing. The incident took place on January 12th. According to the Tampa Police...
View ArticleJudge Denies ‘Stand Your Ground Defense’ In Murder Case
LYFE COLEMAN REGINALD BOWMAN … Charged with murder BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor A Tampa judge denied the “Stand Your Ground” defense to a man arrested for murder earlier...
View ArticleEarly Morning Shooting Leaves Tampa Man Dead
ELIJAH MOORE 2/23/1995 — 1/17/2018 Detectives with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office are currently investigating a fatal shooting. The incident took place early Wednesday in the...
View ArticleCeremony Held For Seminole Heights Investigation
HOWELL EMANUEL DONALDSON, III BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Last Wednesday, Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan held a ceremony in the Seminole Heights case. The ceremony...
View ArticlePolice Arrest 5 After Chase Of Stolen Car
SHARMI HAYES LOUIS ROMAN JACK MILLER Five individuals have been arrested and charged after being caught in a stolen car. The owner of the vehicle had been carjacked earlier that...
View ArticleBusiness Owner Remorseful: Pleads Guilty In Tax Fraud Case
NATALIE ‘RENE’ BROWN PANKO RICO SIMMONS MAZIE HILL Last Thursday, the owner of an East Tampa business pleaded guilty to charges related to tax fraud. A sentencing date has not been set. Mrs. Rene...
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