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Crime
Police Seek Help
Firearms Dealer Convicted Of Selling Guns And Ammo To A Convicted Felon
Armed Robbery Suspect, Accomplice Plead Guilty
In Solving Wesley
Chapel Murder
A 51-year-old licensed firearms dealer was convicted by a federal jury last week. He was found guilty by a federal jury last week.
Jay Loren Goldberg, 51, of Treasure Island, was found guilty of two counts of selling a firearm or ammunition to a convicted felon. Goldberg faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for October 3, 2018.
Goldberg was indicted on April 5, 2018.
According to evidence pre- sented at trial in January 2017, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) obtained information that con- victed felons were buying firearms from a firearms dealer at Fast and Easy Pawn, in St. Petersburg.
During an undercover oper- ation, between February 23 and April 26, 2017, a Confidential Informant (CI) was monitored and supervised by ATF special agents. The CI made several vis- its to Fast and Easy Pawn and met with Goldberg, the store’s proprietor and a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL).
On February 23, 2017, the CI told Goldberg that he/she was a convicted felon. On March 2, Goldberg sold a firearm to the CI through a straw purchaser. (A “straw pur- chaser” is a person who is buy- ing a gun for someone who cannot buy it by law).
The straw purchaser ac- companied the CI to the store. The CI spoke with Goldberg and selected the pistol the CI wanted to buy, and the straw purchaser provided Goldberg with identification and filled out the form for the background check.
The CI and Goldberg dis- cussed a holster for the firearm, and the CI told Goldberg to in- clude the holster in the sale.
When the CI attempted to hand cash to Goldberg to pay for the firearm and holster, Goldberg said that the money had to come from the straw pur- chaser. The CI then handed the money to the straw purchaser, who immediately handed it to Goldberg. After the required three-day waiting period, the CI returned to Fast and Easy Pawn on March 8. Goldberg sold the CI a box of ammunition, the firearm and holster.
Goldberg sold the CI a shotgun on March 9, and an- other shotgun on March 28. On April 26, Goldberg sold the CI another box of ammunition.
Ford Fusion used in homicide
ANTWAN WILLIAMS
Two people involved in a series of robberies have en- tered guilty pleas. The rob- beries took place in Manatee County.
Antwan Williams, 34, of Bradenton, pleaded guilty to 2 counts of brandishing a firearm during the commis- sion of a robbery. Ms. Tronesh Ackerman, 24, Williams’ accomplice, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery and to aid- ing and abetting Williams in connection with one of the robberies.
Williams is facing a min- imum mandatory of 32 years to life in prison. Ms. Acker- man is facing a minimum mandatory of 7 years to life in prison.
According to their plea agreements, Ms. Ackerman and Williams robbed 5 busi-
TRONESH ACKERMAN
nesses in Manatee County in August 2017. The businesses included 4 fast food restau- rants and a convenience store.
During each of the rob- beries, Williams entered the business, pointed the gun at the employees and customers, and forced the employees to give him the money from the registers and the safe.
Ms. Ackerman drove the getaway car at each rob- bery.
Williams was identified as a suspect based on his fin- gerprints left at the scene of one of the robberies. He was placed under surveillance and within a few hours, officers watched them attempt to rob a fast food chain. Both were taken into custody.
A sentencing date has not been scheduled.
The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office is seeking help to solve a homicide. The incident took place last week at a construc- tion site.
According to police, deputies responded to 28401 Marsciano Lane shortly be- fore 1 p.m., Thursday. When they arrived, they learned that a man was working on the site when he was shot and killed.
The victim has been iden- tified as 46-year-old Heans
Cuzan-Alvarez.
The suspects were de- scribed as two very thin, Black men. They possibly wore short dread locks, and be- tween 5’03” and 5’08.”
The suspects fled the scene in a black four door sedan of unknown make or model.
If anyone has information pertaining to the homicide, they are asked to contact the Pasco Sheriff’s Office.
Man Wanted For Bank Robbery
Tarpon Springs police are searching for a man who robbed a bank. The incident took place Saturday morning.
According to police, the man entered the Chase Bank, 41206 U. S. 19, in Tarpon Springs, around 10:15 a.m. He went to a teller and ad- vised that he had a gun and demanded money. The man gave the teller a black duffel bag to place the money in.
After receiving the money, the man left the bank on foot. He is described as a Black man wearing a dark blue navy suit, white dress shirt and tie and was wearing a gray col- ored cabbie, or newsboy type cap. He was between 20 and 30 years of age and 5’11” to
BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT
6’2” tall.
Anyone with information
on the suspect is asked to contact the Detective Squad at the Tarpon Springs Police Department at (727) 938- 2849.
UNCLE SANDY
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