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Crime
Police Search For Men Linked To
Men Sentenced For Selling Drugs To Undercover Officer
Temple Terrace Murder
Two Tampa men were sen- tenced to serve time in federal prison earlier this week. They were charged with conspiring to distribute and possess illegal drugs.
MARCUS LEAUAN KING ,.. Person of Interest
Detectives with the Temple Terrace Police Department are investigating a murder that took place Tuesday evening. They are also searching for two men who they consider “persons of inter- est.”
According to police, officers were dispatched to the Board- walk at Morris Bridge Apart- ments, in the 8700 block of Boardwalk Path Drive, shortly before 6:30 p.m., Tuesday. When they arrived, they discov- ered one person dead and a sec- ond person injured. The second person was transported to a nearby hospital. Both had been shot.
Information gathered during
IVER LEON ROGERS, II ,.. Person of Interest
the investigation has led detec- tives to consider two men as per- sons of interest. The two men were riding in a green Kia Soul that was seen at the apartment complex. They have been identi- fied as Marcus Leauan King, of Brandon, and Iver Leon Rogers, II, of Tampa.
Detectives are continuing their efforts to identify the vic- tims and notify next of kin. No additional information on the murder was available at press time.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Temple Terrace Po- lice Department at (813) 989- 7110.
U. S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven sentenced Arnold Gerard Nelson, Jr., 33, of Tampa, to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison, and James Thomas Lang, III, 33, to 11 years in federal prison. Nelson and Lang had previ- ously pleaded guilty to the of- fense. Both were sentenced for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to dis- tribute at least 100 grams of heroin and fentanyl. As part of the sentence, the court also en- tered a money judgment against Lang for $19,350, and a money judgment against Nelson for $25,200, the proceeds of the conspiracy.
According to court docu- ments, from January 23 through October 30, 2018, Nelson and Lang conspired to sell sub- stances containing heroin and fentanyl, and engaged in a series of transactions with an under- cover officer and a confidential informant.
On January 23, 2018, Nel- son and two other individuals met with the undercover officer and the confidential informant at a residence in New Port Richey. During this meeting, Nelson sold the undercover of- ficer more than 28 grams of a substance containing heroin and fentanyl. Nelson said he had a source for heroin, and needed help moving the product.
On April 5, 2018, Nelson and the informant arranged to meet again to conduct another narcotics transaction. On this occasion, Nelson and Lang met with them and sold more than 55 grams of a substance
ARNOLD NELSON, JR. ...Sentenced to 5 years, 10 months
containing heroin and fentanyl. Nelson and Lang met with them again on April 19 and May 10, 2018, and sold heroin to the undercover officer. On both oc- casions, they sold approximately 57 grams of heroin and, during the May 10 transaction, they also sold approximately 23 grams of tablets purported to contain the drug ecstasy (MDMA). Accord- ing to laboratory analysis, the tablets actually contained
methamphetamine.
On June 14, 2018, Nelson
and Lang met with the under- cover officer and the confiden-
JAMES LANG, III
... Sentenced to 11 years
tial informant at a restaurant in Tampa and sold approximately 54 grams of heroin.
After this transaction, Lang continued to communicate with the undercover officer about possible narcotics and firearms sales. Lang met with the under- cover officer four additional times between July 12 and No- vember 1, 2018. During these meetings, Lang sold more heroin and tablets containing methamphetamine. Lang also sold the undercover officer three firearms, court documents showed.
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