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Crime Man Accused Of Plotting Kidnapping Held Without Bond
Woman Charged In
A man arrested and accused of plotting to hold a woman hostage is being held without bond. Last week, a local judge ordered that he be held without bond at the Hillsborough County Jail.
Phillip A. Thomas, II,
was arrested on August 16th, after setting off an alarm while attempting to enter the victim’s home. The investigation that fol- lowed revealed messages Thomas reportedly sent — but the victim had never read —lay- ing out a violent plan to travel from his home in South Car- olina, attack the victim and an-
the plot and had been attempt- ing to contact the victim for sev- eral months, the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office said.
Thomas is said to have traveled 450 miles in the plot to break into the Lutz woman’s home and hold her hostage.
Thomas was charged with aggravated stalking, armed bur- glary of a dwelling, and at- tempted armed kidnapping.
Judge Catherine M. Catlin ordered that Thomas be held without bond until his case is resolved or a trial takes place.
Overdose Death
PHILLIP A. THOMAS, II
other person, and hold the vic- tim hostage. Thomas was equipped with tools to carry out
Police have arrested a woman who allegedly supplied drugs that ultimately led to a man’s death in March 2020. She was arrested and charged in con- nection with an overdose.
According to the Hillsbor- ough County Sheriff’s Office, just before 2 p.m. on March 8, 2020, deputies were called to a home on the 10000 block of Bruce- haven Drive, in Riverview.
When deputies arrived, they located an adult male victim in his 30s unresponsive. The unidentified victim was trans- ported to Brandon Regional Hospital, where he was pro- nounced deceased.
A witness at the residence admitted to traveling with the victim earlier that day to pur- chase heroin from Chrystal Post, 38, at an apartment on the 4700 block of Bristol Bay Way, in Riverview. Shortly after re- turning home and using the heroin he purchased, the victim overdosed.
Through information gained from the witness, detectives were able to conduct an under- cover drug deal, successfully purchasing heroin from Ms. Post on March 10.
The following day, March 11, Ms. Post was arrested at her home on Bristol Bay Way. At the time of her arrest, detectives found heroin in a plastic bag in
CHRYSTAL POST
her possession. Toxicology re- sults revealed that the heroin provided by Ms. Post to the vic- tim, in addition to the heroin she possessed at the time of her ar- rest, was actually a mixture of heroin and fentanyl.
In a post-Miranda interview, Ms. Post admitted to selling heroin to the victim the day he overdosed. She said she sold to him on a regular basis.
Ms. Post was charged with trafficking in fentanyl, delivery of heroin, possession of dilaudid, possession of alprazolam, pos- session of drug paraphernalia, and possession of a drug without a prescription.
On Friday, August 21, after working in conjunction with the State Attorney’s Office, Ms. Post was arrested again, this time charged with first-degree murder for the victim’s overdose death.
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Charges In DUI Case Upgraded To Manslaughter
A Tampa woman was ar- rested in Polk County last week and charged with DUI and other crimes. Those charges have been upgraded after one of the victims died as a result of his injuries.
According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, a 57- year-old man from Orlando and a 39-year-old woman from Lakeland, were riding a 2000 Harley Davidson motorcycle.
The 57-year-old man who was driving the motorcycle has died as a result of his injuries.
According to the preliminary investigation, Ms. Nancy Nor- wood, 41, was driving a gray 2020 Toyota 4 Runner east on Rockridge Road and attempted to make a U-turn in the middle of the roadway.
The motorcycle, which was also travelling east, crashed into the rear-driver’s side of the Toy- ota. Ms. Norwood fled from the scene, police said.
Deputies located pieces of Ms. Norwood’s Toyota at the crash site, and issued an alert to be aware of the damaged vehicle. Within minutes, the vehicle was
NANCY NORWOOD
located at the Circle K Store, 10704 U. S. 98 North, in Lake- land.
When deputies approached the parked Toyota in the parking lot, they found Ms. Norwood sleeping in the driver’s seat with the keys still in the ignition. They noted that once she was awakened, her eyes were blood- shot, her speech was slurred, and she had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on her breath.
The vehicle she was driving had damage consistent with the pieces found at the crash scene,
and blood and tissue were found on the damaged area of her vehi-
cle.
After a Standardized Field
Sobriety test was conducted on Ms. Norwood, she was ar- rested for operating a motor ve- hicle while impaired. After a stop at a hospital to verify she was uninjured from the crash, she was taken to the Polk County Jail.
Ms. Norwood was charged with 2 counts of leaving the scene of a crash with serious bodily injury, 2 counts of DUI with serious bodily injury, and 1 count of DUI with BAC of .15 or Higher.
$5,000 Reward Offered In Murder Of Plant City Man
Last Friday the Plant City Po- lice Communications received a 9-1-1 call, advising of a shooting with injury. The shooting took place shortly before 2 a.m.
When police arrival at the 1800 block of Alabama Street, they found an unidentified Black man suffering from a gunshot wound to the head.
Fire Rescue responded and the victim was transported to a local hospital. He died as a result of his injuries.
There was no additional infor- mation released, but the detec- tives are asking the community to help to solve the murder.
Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of the suspects involved in the case.
Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at (800) 873-TIPS; or online at www.crimestopperstb.com.
UNCLE SANDY
Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, 6, 18, 31, 43, 59, rather than as you think it should be, 2, 26, 39, 44, 61.
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