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Crime
Man Arrested For Making School Threat
Councilman Gudes
A 31-year-old man was ar- rested after he allegedly made a threat on Facebook. The Brandon man was charged with making an online threat against a private school.
According to the Hillsbor- ough County Sheriff’s Office, Zachary Brines commented that he would “Go to school packing heat and just open fire on all my enemies. Mostly the school teachers and front of- fice administration.”
The threat was made against Seffner Christian Academy, where Brines had once attended.
Deputies responded to his
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mass shooting or act of terror- ism.
Chad Chronister, Hills- borough County Sheriff said, “We take the safety and secu- rity of our Hillsborough County schools very seriously. Whenever a threat is made against a school, we have to assume it is credible.
“As students across Hills- borough County head back to school this month, hopefully, this incident will serve as a re- minder that making threats online to harm others is unac- ceptable, and regardless of your age, you will face the con- sequences of your actions.”
Investigations Continue, But No Arrests Made In Interstate Shootings
The first shooting took place on June 15th. A Florida Highway Patrolman observed a car on In- terstate 4 near 21st. When the officer approached, he discov- ered that the driver was suffer- ing from gunshot wounds. The driver survived.
A month later, on July 16th, two men wre involved in a shooting near the exit ramp off Interstate 4 and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Both men were dead.
The third shooting took place on August 22nd when a man was driving his Toyota on Interstate 4 near the Hillsbor- ough Avenue exit. He suffered injuries to his chest and arm, but is expected to survive. The car was riddled with bullets.
The fourth shooting took place on August 24th, when a 17- year-old was fatally wounded while a passenger in a vehicle riding on Interstate 4.
The fifth shooting took place on August 28th in Polk County. A man told police someone in a red Mustang shot at his vehicle. He was in Lakeland at the time of the incident.
All of the shootings are being actively investigated by the Florida Highway Patrol, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, and the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
Anyone with information about the shootings is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at 1-800-873-TIPS or online at www.crimestopper- stb.com.
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ZACHARY BRINES
home the same night. He was questioned about the post, but refused to talk without an at- torney. Brines was arrested and charged with making a written threat to conduct a
BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor
Tampa City Councilman Orlando Gudes is hopeful that the other members on the Council will agree with him on Thursday when the resolution he prepared is in- troduced.
Councilman Gudes
said his resolution is to “ad- dress racism in the City of Tampa, not just in govern- ment. We (African-Ameri- cans) need equity in salaries, housing, jobs, and promo- tions.
“I’m also asking for a for- mal apology for any and all past participation this shame- ful history has caused.”
Councilman Gudes
said this resolution is neces- sary “in order for us to move forward.”
In part the resolution says, “...Following the abolition of
COUNCILMAN ORLANDO GUDES
slavery, Tampa continued to perpetuate, condone, and profit from practices that con- tinued to brutalize and disad- vantage African Americans, including sharecropping, con- vict leasing, Jim Crow laws, redlining, unequal education, and disproportionate treat- ment at the hands of the crim- inal justice system.
Councilman Gudes
said he’s hopeful for a 7-0 vote on Thursday, Sept. 3rd.
Hopes Resolution
Tampa’s Racism
Maryland Official Fired
After Sharing Facebook
Posts Supporting Kenosha
Shooting Suspect
A Maryland state official was fired Saturday after shar- ing social media posts sup- porting Kyle Rittenhouse, who prosecutors say killed two people and severely wounded a third last week during protests in Kenosha, Wiscon- sin.
Arthur "Mac" Love, IV
had served as deputy director for the Governor's Office of Community Initiatives, which is responsible for outreach to diverse ethnic groups and faith communities. He had been in the role since January 2015, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Maryland lawmaker Eric Luedtke, a Democratic state delegate, was among those who called for Love's firing. He tweeted Saturday that Gov. Larry Hogan, a Re- publican, should "make clear that such a viewpoint has no place in state government" and described the posts as "horrific."
Luedtke tweeted a screenshot of one of Love's Facebook posts Saturday, a meme of a grinning white po- lice officer holding two thumbs up with the words, "Don't be a thug if you can't
Arthur "Mac" Love, IV FB Post
take a slug!"
"This is one of the FB posts
by Governor Hogan's Deputy Director of Commu- nity Initiatives. Who oversees — I'm not kidding — the Com- mission on African American History and Culture. Fire him, @GovLarryHogan, and issue the Exec Order on use of force you should've issued months ago," Luedtke tweeted.
Love also reposted pic- tures that appear to show Rit- tenhouse cleaning graffiti, the Baltimore Sun reported. The original poster wrote: "I'm grateful that conservatives are rallying behind this kid. He genuinely seems like a good person," according to the newspaper.
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