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Crime
Police Investigate Fatal Shooting At Apartment Complex
The shooting at the Columbus Court Apartment complex last Thursday claimed the life of an unidentified man.
Detectives Investigate After Two Bodies Found
Detectives are currently investigating a double homi- cide. The crime took place last Thursday in Riverview.
According to the Hills- borough County Sheriff’s Of- fice, deputies responded to the 100 block of Pelican Creek, shortly after mid- night. When the deputies ar- rived, they discovered two bodies outside of a business. Both victims suffered from upper body trauma.
The investigation into the
Gun Charge Lands Man In Prison For Two Years
TAVARES SPEAIGHT
A U. S. District judge sen- tenced a 25-year-old man to federal prison last week. He pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm on October 21, 2020.
Judge Charlene Hon- eywell handed down a two- year sentence to Tavares Speaight, of Tampa. The court also ordered Speaight to forfeit the firearm and ammunition used in the offense.
According to court docu- ments, law enforcement offi- cers went to an apartment complex in Tampa looking for Speaight, who had outstand- ing arrest warrants. Speaight fled when he saw the officers and, after a brief foot chase, was arrested.
Officers also found a hand- gun on Speaight’s person during the search of his body. Speaight had previously been convicted of robbery, a felony, and is prohibited from possessing a firearm or am- munition under federal law.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a double murder that took place in the 100 block of Pelican Creek last Thursday.
Last Thursday, police were notified of a shooting at a West Tampa apartment complex.
The incident took place shortly before 4 p.m.
According to the Tampa Police Department, officers were dispatched to the 2800 block of Satellite Court, in the Columbus Court Apart- ment Complex. When offi- cers arrived, they discovered that an adult man was suffer- ing from a gunshot wound.
The officers provided
emergency first aid and the man was transported to a local hospital in critical con- dition. The unidentified man later died as a result of his in- juries.
Detectives are continuing to investigate the shooting and they are seeking help from the community. Any- one with information about the shooting is asked to con- tact Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at 1-800-873- TIPS or online at www.crimestopperstb.com.
double homicide is continu- ing. However, detectives said they believe it was an iso- lated incident and there is no threat to public safety.
Anyone with information about the double murder is asked to contact Crime Stop- pers of Tampa Bay at 1-800- 873-TIPS.
Paramedic Charged With Theft Of COVID-19 Vaccines
A Polk County fireman was arrested earlier this week. He was charged with the theft of COVID-19 vac- cines.
According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Joshua Colon, a 17-year- empl oyee with the Polk County Fire Rescue, inten- tionally took three doses of the Moderna vaccine. He then forged the screening and con- sent forms for the vaccines. The vaccines were earmarked for first responders.
Colon, 31, told police he was told to take the vaccine by his supervisor. Colon re- signed on January 22nd.
In his statement to police, Colon said after he took the vaccines, he placed them in the refrigerator and his su- pervisor told him to go on break. When he returned, he reportedly discovered that the package had been tampered with and three doses were missing.
Colon said he did not ap- proach his supervisor, but forged documentation stating that 3 of the vials had wasted.
At the end of the day when the paperwork was submit- ted, Colon said he had cre- ated one fictitious name for the paperwork and used the names of two firefighters to
JOSHUA COLON
cover the missing vials. When the two firefighters were contacted, both said they had not received the vac-
cinations.
When confronted on
Monday, Colon admitted that the consent and screen- ing forms had not been com- pleted on the day of the incident.
Colon was arrested and charged with 4 counts each of forgery, uttering a forged in- strument, and falsifying med- ical records. He was also charged with official miscon- duct, criminal use of personal ID; and 2 counts of creating fictional personal ID.
Sheriff Grady Judd
said the supervisor in ques- tion was out of state and slated to return in the near fu- ture.
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