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Woman Dies In Early Morning House Fire
Law Enforcement Searching For Two Missing Persons
An East Tampa woman died early Thursday in a house fire. The fire took place at 3405 E. Fern Street.
According to police, four Tampa Police officers were already on the scene when firefighters arrived. The offi- cers went into the burning structure and rescued the vic- tim. However, she had al- ready passed away.
Three of the officers were transported to Tampa Gen- eral Hospital with minor in- juries they obtained during the rescue. The fourth officer was treated at the scene.
Police said they have not released the name of the vic- tim pending positive identifi- cation and notification of her
House Fire at 3405 E. Fern Street
next of kin.
However, they said she
was a resident at the home and the only one there when the fire started.
The Arson Task Force was notified as is standard proto- col when a person dies in a fire. The fire does not appear suspicious, police said.
BRENDA SUE BURNEY D’RAJAVON TAYLOR
Two law enforcement agencies are searching for persons whose families are concerned about them. Both missing persons are adults.
Deputies with the Hills- borough County Sheriff’s Of- fice are searching for 19-year-old D’Rajavon Tay- lor. Police said Taylor has not been seen or heard from since around 3:30 a.m., on March 3, 2018.
Taylor is 6’2” and weighs about 180 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to contact the Hillsbor- ough County Sheriff’s Office at (813) 247-8200.
Officers with the Tampa
Police Department are asking for help in locating Ms. Brenda Sue Burney. Ms. Burney is considered endan- gered. She suffers from a de- generative neurological condition and has additional medical issues. She was last seen on March 5th, around 5 p.m.
Ms. Burney is 61-years- old and was last seen walking westbound in the area of N. 29th Street and Dr. M. L. King, Jr., Blvd. She was last seen wearing a white shirt and blue pants.
Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to contact the Tampa Police Department at (813) 231-6130.
Woman Charged With Threatening To Shoot Up School
A 23-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday after she al- legedly threatened to shoot up a school.
According to police, Ms. Aniya Smalls was employed by a cleaning company that was hired by the Academy of Holy Names Catholic School. On Monday, Ms. Smalls was terminated and a supervisor was escorting her off of the
ANIYA SMALLS
campus. Ms. Smalls al- legedly said in front of stu- dents and staff that she would “shoot up the school.”
She is currently being held at the Hillsborough County Jail without bond. In addition to the charge of making a false report concerning the use of a firearm, she is also being held for violation of probation.
Deputy Arrested On Domestic Violence Charges
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a deputy on domestic violence charges. She has been re- lieved of duty pending the outcome of the investigation.
According to police, the domestic violence began De- cember 31st, and continued until it was reported March 3rd, when the victim, Ms. Aerka Dawson, the wife of the deputy, contacted the Sheriff’s Office.
Ms. Dawson, 29, told po- lice that on December 31st, she and patrol Deputy Amy Dawson, also 29, became
DEPUTY AMY DAWSON
engaged in an argument and Deputy Dawson grabbed her service weapon and pointed it at her. She then took the weapon and placed
it to her own head and threat- ened to kill herself.
In another incident, Deputy Dawson is alleged to have pushed her against the wall during a domestic dispute. She told police she fought back and in one inci- dent, Deputy Dawson pressed her forearm against Ms. Dawson’s neck, caus- ing a restriction in the air flow.
Ms. Dawson told police that her child was in the home and heard the argu- ments, but did not witness the violence.
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Man Sentenced For Identity Theft And Fraud Schemes
District Judge Charlene Honeywell sentenced a Tampa man to 3 years and 9 months in federal prison. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft on December 6, 2017.
According to court docu- ments, Rany Smith, a.k.a. Abdelmajid Wahbi, 48, of Tampa, originally of Morocco, stole the identities of other North African immigrants and used them to carry out fraud schemes throughout Florida. In one scheme, he obtained employment as a manager at
RANY SMITH
Tampa-area and
Florida businesses, using stolen identities to hide his
prior felony conviction.
He then used his manage- rial authority to hire “ghost employees,” whose wages he then collected and kept for
himself.
In other schemes, Smith
obtained lines of credit using the personal identifying infor- mation of various identity- theft victims and purchased goods and services from a va- riety of businesses across the United States. As a result, he incurred debts that he never repaid, causing tens of thou- sands of dollars in losses to the underwriting banks.
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