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Crime
Suspect Sought In
12-Year-Old Wounded In Drive-By Shooting
Hillsborough County Sher- iff’s deputies report hat a 12- year-old girl was wounded in what they are calling a drive- by shooting.
Deputies said at 3:30 a. m., the Creech family were inside their Plant City home on Joe McIntosh Road sleeping when shots were fired from a pass- ing vehicle at their house.
McKenzie Creech, 12, was sleeping in her bed when bullets penetrated the walls of the home and struck her in both legs. She was transported to a local hospital and her in- juries are not considered life threatening.
Deputies said they are try- ing to determine if the shoot- ing was accidental or deliberate.
Winter Haven Police Alert Public About Dangerous Armed Felon
Brandon Murder
Police in Winter Haven have gotten a warrant for the arrest of convicted felon, An- dree Anthony Romeus, 23.
Police said Romeus was identified as the suspect who fired several shots during an altercation at a Winter Haven apartment complex.
On April 12th, police said Romeus was identified at the suspect in the shooting at Abbey Lane Apartments. He has been charged with pos- session of a firearm by a con- victed felon and shooting into a dwelling.
Police said Romeus went to the complex and chal- lenged a man who was visit- ing a resident at the complex to a fight. The man did not engage Romeus and fled the
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating an early morn- ing murder at a Brandon apartment complex.
Detectives said at 1 a. m., four people were hanging out inside of an apartment at the Asprey Lake of Brandon Apartments, 1220 Astor Com- mons Place.
Two of the men got into an argument that escalated and resulted in one being shot.
The victim, Travis Ware, 32, stumbled outside of the apartment and the sus- pect fled the scene on foot. Ware was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Detectives identified the man that fled as Ralph Leon Pearson, 51. Pearson was inside the apartment at the
RALPH LEON PEARSON .....being sought for ques- tioning in fatal shooting.
time of the shooting and fled before deputies arrived. De- tectives want to talk to him to determine his involvement.
Authorities said Ware lived in the apartment com- plex, but not at the apartment where the shooting took place.
ANDREE ANTHONY ROMEUS
area. Romeus then report- edly produced a handgun and fired in the direction of occu- pied apartments. No one was injured, and Romeus imme- diately fled before police ar- rived
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Romeus is asked to call Heartland Crime Stoppers at 1-800-226-8477.
U. S. Marshals Hunt For Murder Suspect
Surveillance Video Released On ABC Liquor Robbery Suspect
According to Tampa Po- lice, on April 19th at 2:52 p. m., a man entered the ABC Liquor Store at 3727 East Hillsborough Avenue armed with a gun.
The suspect pointed the gun at three people inside the store and ordered them to the ground, police said.
The suspect then pulled one of the victims behind the counter and demanded money.
As the victim opened the cash drawer, another victim pulled out a gun and fired at the suspect. The suspect re-
turned fire and a customer inside the store was grazed by a bullet.
The suspect fled the store and officers were not able to locate him in the surround- ing area.
The suspect is described as a Black male, 2o-to-30 years old, 6’2” tall and weigh- ing 200 pounds.
Police said it is unknown if the suspect was hit when the victim fired at him.
To view the surveillance footage of the robbery, visit the Sentinel website at flsentinel.com.
ALEXANDER HILL, JR. .....being sought by U. S. Marshals for murder- ing four people, one of them a toddler.
Murder victims
Wilkins, Vicki Chavis-Ansar, Delvair Chavis, and Tanique Chavis.
(clockwise, top
left): Pauline
Man Pleads Guilty For Using Skimmers To Make Credit Cards
At the one-year anniver- sary of the tragic death of four Virginia family mem- bers, including a toddler, the U. S. Marshals are asking for the public’s help to find a dangerous fugitive.
The suspect in the case,
Alexander Roosevelt Hill, Jr., also known as “Real Deal,” is wanted in Petersburg, Virginia on four counts of first-degree mur- der.
During the Easter week- end of 2014, Hill, 48, is ac- cused of killing two family members by assault then set- ting the house on fire, killing two others, including a 2- year-old.
Those killed were identi- fied as Pauline Wilkins, 67; Vicki Chavis-Ansar, 46; Tanique Chavis, 22, and Delvair Chavis, 2. An ex-girlfriend of Hill lived in the home but was not here at the time of the murders.
Hill reportedly fled the Petersburg area after the murders. U. S. Marshals and Petersburg Police deter- mined Hill traveled to Roanoke Rapids, North Car- olina by taxi just after mid- night on April 20th, 2014. Later, that morning, Hill re- portedly paid a man to drive him to the Amtrak Station in Rocky Mount, North Car- olina. Since then Hill has
fallen off the radar.
Hill has ties to Virginia,
Mississippi, Arizona and Texas. Tips have been re- ceived indicating Hill may have fled to Georgia, Ala- bama, Louisiana, Florida, Maryland, California and New York City. He reportedly has brown eyes but also wears hazel contacts that give him a distinct look.
Officials said Hill has an
infatuation with sex chatlines and a history of meeting older and considerably younger women whom he can control easily. He could be working an under the table paying job such as con- struction or landscaping.
Anyone who has had con- tact with Hill or have seen him is asked to contact the U. S. Marshals at 1-877-926- 8332.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that 22-year-old Daniel Sar- dinas Lopez pleaded guilty to credit card fraud and iden- tity theft.
He is not facing a maxi- mum penalty of 10 years in federal prison on the credit card fraud charges, followed by two years on the identity theft charges. A date for sen- tencing has not been set.
Lopez allegedly used skimmers to steal data and produce fraudulent credit cards.
According to his plea
agreement, Lopez produced and trafficked in counterfeit credit cards that were en- coded with the numbers and information of victims whose credit cards had been skimmed by the Lopez and others at local gas stations.
Lopez reportedly sold the counterfeit credit cards and also used them to purchase merchandise for himself.
Skimmers are devices that read credit card data and store them for ID thieves. The victims often don’t know their information has been com- promised.
Uncle Sandy
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; 9, 20, 25, 30 only light can do that. 10, 14, 22, 29 Hate cannot drive out hate; 4, 33, 38, 40 only love can do that. 5, 40, 42, 45.
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