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Crime
Man Charged In Fatal Accident Linked To Racing
Victim Of Drive-By Shooting Recovering
SUBJECT #1 and SUBJECT #2
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is asking for anyone with information about a shooting to contact them. It took place Friday night at a local bar.
According to police, four men became engaged in an altercation at Dagwood’s Bar, corner of Sheldon Road and W. Waters Avenue. After the altercation, the men went their separate ways.
A short time later, the 44- year-old victim was sitting in the passenger’s seat of his friend’s truck. At some point, a dark colored Dodge Charger drove by and some- one from the vehicle fired several shots at the truck.
The victim, who police are not identifying, was struck in the upper torso. He was transported to a local hospital.
Detectives would like to speak with two people who may be have information about the case. The first per- son is a Hispanic man in his early 20s with several tattoos on his neck.
The second man is also Hispanic and in his early 20s. He also had several tat- toos on his neck, had short black hair and a beard.
Teenager Charged With Making Threat
JEFF DESANGE ... Charged
A 19-year-old man was arrested Thursday and charged in connection with an accident that took place in January. He is currently being held at the Hillsbor- ough County Jail on a $25,000 bond.
The accident was re- ported at 9:34 p.m., on Jan- uary 5th, at the corner of N. 40th Street and E. Lake Av- enue.
According to police, Joery G. Christophe and Jeff Desange, both 19, were driving northbound on N. 40th Street, the night of the accident. Christophe was driving a 2007 gray, BMW and had a passenger in his vehicle. Desange was driv- ing a Ford.
Police said when they reached the intersection of N. 40th Street and E. 21st Av-
JOERY CHRISTOPHE ... Died as a result of his injuries
enue, both traveling at a high rate of speed. The two vehi- cles side swiped each other and both drivers lost control of the vehicles.
Christophe reportedly struck a metal traffic pole on the northeast side of N. 40th Street and E. Lake Avenue and the vehicle burst into flames. The unidentified pas- senger was ejected and trans- ported to a local hospital with minor injuries.
Christophe died as a re- sult of his injuries. Desange was not injured.
After investigating the ac- cident, detectives arrested Desange on a warrant last Thursday. He was charged with vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of an acci- dent involving property dam- age, and reckless driving with serious injuries.
An unidentified 17-year- old student was arrested last week and charged with mak- ing a threat. The threat re- portedly followed an altercation with a teacher.
According to the Hillsbor- ough County Sheriff’s Office, the Armwood High School student became engaged in an altercation with one of his teachers. He is alleged to have said, “I’m going to bring the strap tomorrow and let it off.”
The student reportedly made the threat in the pres- ence of witnesses. He is al- leged to have made similar threats two separate times this year. However, the inci- dents were investigated both times, but were unfounded, police said.
A “strap” is slang for a
gun. The student was taken into custody and transported to the Juvenile Assessment Center (JAC) and charged with false report concerning planting a bomb, an explosive or a weapon of mass destruc- tion, or concerning the use of firearms in a violent manner.
Sheriff Chad Chronis- ter said, “There is no bigger priority to us than the safety of our children. Due to the abundance of time and re- sources required to investi- gate each and every incident along with the climate we find ourselves in today, we all have to understand that there is a zero tolerance policy on these types of threats. We take each and every one of these types of cases very, very, seriously.”
Drug Dealer Given 15 Years In Federal Prison
Last week, a federal judge sentenced a Bradenton man to a lengthy prison sentence. He pleaded guilty to the charges filed against him De- cember 11, 2017.
Judge James D. Whit- temore sentenced 29-year- old Brandon Jerome Randolph to 15 years in fed- eral prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, heroin, methampheta- mine, carfentanil, and fen- tanyl.
According to court docu- ments, Randolph and his
BRANDON JEROME RANDOLPH
associates sold drugs out of a house in Bradenton that operated as an open-air drug market. These drugs included co- caine, cocaine base, heroin, methamphet- amine, car-
fentanil, and fentanyl. He reportedly sold the drugs to undercover detectives on nu- merous occasions.
Police Investigate
Shooting At Gentlemen’s Club
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at 1-800-873- TIPS or www.crimestopper- stb.com.
Police are currently inves- tigating a shooting that took place early Monday. One per- son was reportedly injured.
According to the Tampa Police Department, officers were dispatched to the Hugh Gentleman’s Club, 3260 W. Hillsborough Avenue. When officers arrived, they discov- ered that one person had been shot during an alterca- tion.
The victim was trans- ported to a local hospital, fol- lowing the 2:50 a.m.,
shooting, where he was treated for a bullet wound to the neck. The victim is ex- pected to survive, police said.
Witnesses told police a silver truck was observed leaving the scene. The truck was located nearby and po- lice determined the driver was not to be the shooter. He was a patron at the club who left as the shots rang out.
The name of the victim has not been released and the investigation is continu- ing.
UNCLE SANDY
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