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Nominee Has Tampa Connection:
2 Held On $1 Million Bond For ID Theft After Traffic Stop
Drummer/Singer Is Nominee For Monday Night’s Grammy Awards
Two people were taken into custody and placed under a bond of more than $1 million on Thursday. They were both charged with 1,280 felony counts of fraudulent use of an- other person’s per- sonal information and possession of credit card making equipment.
According to the Florida Highway Pa-
trol, a trooper stopped a black Ford
SUV on Interstate 75
after the driver failed
to observe the move over law. The trooper discov- ered the vehicle was rented and without the authorized driver operating it.
The trooper became suspicious and called for a K-9 unit to respond to the scene. Once the K-9 unit
A nominee for Monday night’s 58th Annual Grammy Awards has a connection to Tampa. His wife, Adrienne is a Tampa native and his mother-in-law, Carol Jar- rett, is a Tampa native, along with other family members.
Jamison Ross is a nom- inee in the category of Best Jazz Vocal Album.
In 2012, Ross won the Thelonious Monk Interna- tional Jazz Competition. More than three years later, the jazz musician not only plays the drums, but he also is a gifted composer, band- leader and a singer.
Jamison, his 2015 debut CD, has 12 tracks and he sings on 10 of them. Ross says when he won the Jazz competition in 2012, no one knew that he could sing. He began singing in his grandfa- ther’s church while growing up in Jacksonville, FL, the 28-year-old New Orleans
resident explains in his bio. Ross says it was his mother, Renee Ross, who encouraged him to strengthen his musical gift with formal training. He studied drums in elementary and high school and went on to develop a higher level of understanding at Florida State University, where he received a B. A. in Jazz Stud- ies. After relocating to New Orleans, Ross earned a Master’s degree in Jazz Stud-
ies.
Friday and Saturday,
Ross was on tour in Bul- garia and Austria. The tour resumes on Wednesday, February 17th in the Nether- lands.
Currently, Mrs. Jarrett and her sister, Patricia Cooper are in New Orleans to take care of the couple’s 20-month-old daughter while the couple travels to Los Angeles for the Gram- mys tonight.
JAMISON ROSS
DORIS THORNTON
arrived, the dog was de- ployed and displayed a pos- itive alert, police said.
During a probable cause search of the vehicle, police discovered that the SUV contained 638 names, dates of birth, social secu- rity numbers, and credit card numbers. Both occu-
DERMAINE GRIER
pants were taken into cus- tody and charged.
The suspects were iden- tified as Ms. Doris Brachan Thornton, 34, of Riverview, and 35-year- old Dermaine Marquis Grier, also of Riverview. Both were being held in the Hillsborough County Jail.
...On drums and vocalist
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