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Good Tidings Of Cheer
In the spirit of the Christmas Holiday Season, the Tampa Bay West Central Florida Chapter of Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc. and Top Teens of America extended merriment with North Central Assisted Living Facility, 5010 N. 40th St., Tampa on Wednesday, December 21st. The Activities Director was elated to receive a blue fleece throw and Christmas card for each of the 95 residents. Top Ladies and Top Teens sang “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” while distributing the gifts to each resident.
Left to right: Lady Vernice Jenkins, Teen Lauryn Green, Tajinae Crooks, Lady Melvia Green, Lady Maris Singfield, Teen Johnathan Dorsey, Lady Carolyn Wilson and the Activ- ities Director.
Crime TwoMenRob Advance Auto Store
From left: Ladies Carolyn Wilson, Melvia Green, Maria Singfield, Vernice Jenkins, Christine Frazer and Jean Miller.
The Tampa Police Depart- ment is currently searching for two men who robbed a business Friday. The robbery occurred at the Advance Auto Store, 2817 W. Kennedy Blvd.
P0lice said two Black men walked into the business with their faces covered and pointed firearms at the store employees. The men ordered them to give them money from the cash registers and safe.
After receiving the money, the men fled from the busi-
ness on foot. No injuries were reported.
The first suspect is de- scribed as being about 6’, medium build and wearing all black. The second suspect was about 5’8” medium to heavy build and wearing bag- gie jeans, a black and white camo jacket, and a light blue baseball cap.
Anyone with information about the suspects is asked to call the Tampa Police Depart- ment’s non-emergency num- ber.
Dog Bites Owners Who Attempted To Put Sweater On Him
Tampa Police responded to an East Tampa home last Fri- day in reference to a dog at- tack. One of the victims received serious injuries.
According to police, the in- cident began Friday when Ms. Brenda Guerrero, 52, 3405 Cord Street, went out- side around 2:30 p.m., to put a sweater on the family’s pit bull mix named Scarface.
The dog attacked Ms. Guerrero, and when her husband, Ismael Guer- rero, 46, attempted to rescue her, Scarface attacked him. A third family member, An- toine Harris, 22, observed the attacks and attempted to intervene, stabbing Scarface in the head and neck. Scar- face then began attacking
Harris. All three victims were able to escape into the house.
Scarface was left in the backyard. Both Animal Con- trol and the Tampa Police re- sponded. Animal Control shot the dog with a tranquil- izer after he got into the house, where two children were in the backroom.
At that point, the officers deployed a bean bag gun and taser to subdue Scarface. He was then captured with a “catch pole.”
Both Mr. and Mrs. Guer- rero were transported to a local hospital, where they were treated. Mrs. Guer- rero received serious, but not life-threatening injuries, police said.
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