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Crime Police Rule Young Woman’s
Police Search
Two Men Arrested In Unrelated Murders
Death A Murder
The Hills- borough County Sher- iff’s Office is currently searching for a bank rob- bery suspect. The suspect robbed a
credit union shortly after noon on Monday.
Detectives have arrested two men in connection with unrelated homicides. Both murders took place earlier this month.
According to the Hillsbor- ough County Sheriff’s Office, the first murder took place on October 6th. Deputies re- sponded to 10111 E. Sligh Av- enue, after someone discovered the body of a man. The victim was identified as 43-year-old Anthony Alexander Galasso.
During the course of the investigation, detectives iden- tified James Michael Mor- ris, 36, as a suspect. A warrant was obtained and served on Morris at the county jail, where he was being held on unrelated charges.
Morris was charged with second-degree murder with a firearm.
In the second case, 22- year-old David Omar Men- doza was charged with
Detectives have ruled the suspicious death of a woman as a murder. Her body was found last Friday.
According to the Tampa Police Department, the body of Ms. Laurie Marie Pietscher, 28, of Sebring, was found near a business at 3712 N. 15th Street. Police were called to the scene where the woman’s body was discovered. She was later identified as Ms. Pietscher.
The case remains an open investigation. Anyone with information pertaining to the victim or the crime can con-
CREDIT UNION ROBBERY SUSPECT
JAMES MICHAEL MORRIS
DAVID OMAR MENDOZA
LAURIE MARIE PIETSCHER
tact Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at 1-800-873-TIPS or www.crimestopperstb.com.
Accord-
ing to police, a Black man in his 20s with a thin build and wear- ing a wig with dreadlocks en- tered the MIDFLORIDA Federal Credit Union, 825 Brandon Blvd. He was armed and displayed a weapon.
The man passed a note to the teller demanding money, and the teller complied with his demands. He then fled the scene and was last observed climbing a fence and then dis- appeared.
No injuries were reported in the robbery.
first-degree murder, felony murder with the discharge of a firearm, robbery with a firearm, and discharging a firearm from a vehicle.
Mendoza is charged with killing 24-year-old Michael Andrew Montalbano. Montalbano’s body was found along North Dale Mabry Highway on October 19th.
After identifying Morris as a suspect, the U. S. Mar- shal’s Fugitive Task Force ar- rested him Wednesday morning without incident.
For Credit Union
Robbery Suspect
Gas Station Skimmer Probe Nets 3 Arrests
YUNIOR
TORRES- ALAIN GARCIA DAVID
HERRERA BLANCO FERNANDEZ
Detectives have arrested three people in connection with a gas station skimmer in- vestigation.
The investigation began earlier this month.
According to the Hillsbor- ough County Sheriff’s Office, the arrests took place Saturday. The investigation is linked to skimmers being found in Riverview.
Several skimmers were found on gasoline pumps at 13202 Summerfield Boulevard, in Riverview since October 4th. Around 3:20 a.m. last Satur- day, surveillance cameras recorded a white Ford F250 ar- riving at the same gas station.
A passenger walked over to a pump as the driver pulled up next to the pump to block view of the sus- pect from the street. The suspect attempted to open several pumps, which caused
damage to the equipment, police said.
The pickup truck was stopped by a deputy after leav- ing the gas station. Detectives conducted a search of the vehicle and located a skimming device component (modified USB with a wire har- ness), a gas station pump key, a crow bar and a long flathead screw driver.
The three occupants in the truck have been identified as Yunior Torres-Herrera, 33, Alain Garcia Blanco, 32, and 20-year-old David Fer- nandez. All three were taken into custody and charged with 1 count of possession of a skim- ming device and three counts of possession of burglary tools.
The investigation is contin- uing and more charges could follow if detectives determine if the men are linked to other skimmer cases.
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