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Crime
Husband Accused
Man Accused Of Robbery Shoots His Cousin
In Shooting
Death Of Wife
On September 4th, a 20- year-old St. Petersburg man turned himself in to police. He was wanted on an attempted murder charge. While in cus- tody, he also admitted to being involved in an armed robbery that took place in July.
Detectives arrested Jer- maine Brown and charged him with the attempted mur- der. His victim was his cousin, Charles Bentley, of St. Pe- tersburg.
According to police, Brown and Bentley, 19, be- came involved in a disagree- ment. It came to an end when Brown allegedly drove to his cousin’s house Sunday night, and shot him in the chest. Bentley was transported to a local hospital, where he was admitted in critical condition. He named Brown as the per- son who shot him.
While Brown was in jail, detectives with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office identi- fied Brown as the suspect in an armed robbery that took place in July.
During that incident,
Miguel Martinez-Ramirez and his wife, Maribel Mar- tinez, used the Facebook Market app to purchase a cell phone. Martinez-Ramirez was communicating online with the seller of a Samsung Galaxy cell phone.
The two negotiated a price and the couple agreed to meet the seller, identified as “Des-
Last Friday, deputies re- sponded to a home and found a young mother of two dead in- side. On Wednesday, detec- tives arrested her husband and charged him with her murder.
Since January, deputies had responded to the home of Mrs. Evelyn Christiana Chambers, 3675 Sugar Creek Drive, in the Sugar Creek Sub- division several times.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office released a time- line of calls where deputies vis- ited the home.
On January 7th, deputies were called in reference to a non-violent dispute between Mrs. Chambers and her hus- band, 35-year-old Lenton Chambers. The dispute was about his taking her telephone.
The next call came about on March 4th when each al- leged a physical altercation against the other. Chambers was arrested as a result of this incident. However, the Hills- borough County State Attor- ney’s Office decided not to file charges because of a lack of ev- idence on April 2nd. Cham- bers claimed self defense and the state was not able to dis- prove it.
Deputies were called again on April 27th, when Mrs. Chamber’s children allowed her husband to enter the house. When Mrs. Cham- bers came home, she allowed him to remain and she went to sleep, police said.
Mrs. Chambers told po- lice that her husband woke her up around 3 a.m., and was holding a gun. He allegedly ac- cused her of having compro- mising photographs of herself on her phone. He allegedly told her he wasn’t going to shoot her, but wanted to scare her. He left the home with her phone, she told police.
Later that day, after work, Chambers arrived back at the residence, looking for another man in the house. Mrs. Chambers attempted to get her phone from him and a struggle ensued. She told po- lice Chambers kicked her twice in the head.
The following day, April 28th, Lenton Chambers was arrested and charged with ag- gravated assault. The State At- torney’s Office also filed an additional charge of battery and improper exhibition of a firearm against him.
The case was scheduled for a jury trial on October 1, 2018.
LENTON CHAMBERS ... Charged with killing his estranged wife
On August 27th, an injunc- tion was issued against Lenton Chambers by the court. The injunction pre- vented him from having con- tact with Mrs. Chambers. The injunction was set to be served on August 28th.
Process servers made the first attempt to serve the in- junction on August 29th, but were not able to locate Cham- bers.
Mrs. Chambers called 9- 1-1 and told the responding deputy that Chambers had followed her that day and she believed he had attempted to disable her car.
She also told deputies that he knew about the injunction and was angry about it.
On September 4th, process servers once again attempted to serve Chambers with the injunction, but were not able to locate him.
Three days later, on Friday, September 7th, at approxi- mately 11:49 a.m., deputies re- sponded to the home in reference to shots being fired.
This time, when deputies arrived, they discovered Mrs. Chambers, the 35-year-old mother of two daughters, ages 15 and 18, had been fatally shot.
Shortly before 2 p.m., on Wednesday, September 12th, detectives with the Hillsbor- ough County Sheriff’s Office took Chambers into custody and charged him with 1 count of first-degree murder, 1 count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and 1 count of shooting into an occupied dwelling.
Chambers was arrested on drug charges in 2002 and sentenced to 1 year and 1 month in prison. He entered the Florida Prison System in September 2004, and was re- leased on June 16, 2005.
JERMAINE BROWN
tiny Dawes,” at 5003 Yellow Pine Street, in St. Petersburg. While they were waiting to meet the seller, a car drove up and two men got out. One sus- pect approached Martinez- Ramirez, his wife, and their newborn child as they sat in their car. The second suspect approached Mrs. Martinez and pointed a gun at her while she held their newborn child.
The suspects allegedly de- manded money, and fled the scene with personal property and approximately $500 in cash. No one was injured in the robbery. The victims were able to get a partial tag num- ber of the get-away car.
Using various investigative
ROBERT WALKER
tools, detectives were able to identify Brown and 18-year- old Robert Walker as the suspects in the robbery.
After admitting to com- mitting the robbery, Brown was charged with 1 count of robbery with a deadly weapon on September 4th. He was transported to the Pinellas County Jail.
Detectives located Walker at Boca Ciega High School, in Gulfport on Friday. During an interview, Walker reportedly admitted to com- mitting the robbery. He was charged with 1 count of rob- bery with a deadly weapon.
The investigation is con- tinuing.
UNCLE SANDY
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