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Early Voting For Primary Election
Man Who Fatally Injured His Father Called 9-1-1
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
Early voting polling places for the 2015 City of Tampa Election began on Monday, February 23rd and will con- clude on Sunday, March 1st. Registered voters can cast ballots at several locations from 10 a. m until 6 p.m. Early voting will also include weekends.
Voters can cast ballots at any of the seven (7) locations designated as Early Voting sites. Voters will be required to provide one or two forms of identification. Acceptable identification includes: a Florida Driver’s License; Florida ID Card issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; U. S. Passport; Debit or Credit Card; Military ID; Student ID; Retirement Center ID; Neighborhood Association ID; or Public Assistance ID.
In this upcoming election, Mayor Bob Buckhorn will face write-in candidate Jose Vazquez.
The City Council seats and the candidates they are facing are as follows.
District 1 incumbent
MAYOR BOB BUCKHORN
Mike Suarez will face Susan Long.
Charlie Miranda previ- ously held the District 6 seat. However, he had to vacate the seat due to term limits.
Miranda is competing for the District 2 Seat against Joseph V. Citro and Julie Ann Jenkins.
Incumbent Yvonne Yolie Capin, who repre- sents District 3, will face Paul Erni.
Harry Cohen, who cur- rently serves as the Council- man for District 4, will take on Kent S. King in the race.
Those voting for the can- didate for District 6 will elect a new Councilman. They will choose between Thomas Castellano, Guido Manis-
calco, and Jackie Toledo. City Councilman Frank Reddick, who repre- sents District 5, and City Councilwoman Lisa J. Montelione, who repre- sents District 7, did not have any opponents and their names will not appear on the
ballot.
Early voting ballots can be
cast at the following locations are as follows:
C. Blythe Andrews Public Library, 2607 E. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd.;
Fred B. Karl County Center, 26th Floor, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd.;
Jan Kaminis Platt Re- gional Library, 3910 S. Manhattan Avenue;
New Tampa Regional Library, 10001 Cross Creek Blvd.;
North Tampa Branch Library, 8916 North Blvd.;
Robert L. Gilder Elec- tions Service Center, 2514 N. Falkenburg, Rd.; and
West Tampa Branch Library, 2312 W. Union Street.
The Primary Election will take place on Tuesday, March 2nd.
GREGORY JAMES WALKER 8/17/1954 —- 2/19/2015
Police have arrested a 38- year-old man and charged him with second-degree murder.
The man is said to have called 9-1-1 Thursday after- noon and said he had killed someone.
When Tampa Police ar- rived at 5603 N. 32nd Street, they found Gregory James Walker, 60, with upper body trauma. Tampa Fire Rescue responded to the scene and determined that Walker was alive and had a pulse.
Walker was transported to Tampa General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
As detectives continued their investigation, they de- termined that the man who
GREGORY MORAN, JR. ... Charged with second- degree murder
called 9-1-1 was Gregory Moran, Jr., of the same ad- dress. They also learned that Moran had allegedly beaten Walker, who was his father, with a cane.
Police said there was a previous domestic violence complaint. However, they have not determined what led up to the murder was do- mestic related.
Moran was taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder. He is being held at the Hillsbor- ough County Jail without bond.
The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s Office said Walker’s family had not selected a funeral home to handle arrangements as of press time.
Begins February 23
Jefferson Moves On To State Semi-Finals With Win
THE JEFFERSON DRAGON BASKETBALL TEAM
Front row: Patrick Scott, Jr., Cesar Delatorre, Tim Green, Vernon Jackson, Maliq Lawrence, and Mathew Sharpe. Second row: Jackie More, Altorian Salary, Eugene Thomas, DeAndre Demanze, head coach Eric Hayes, Cameron Padgett, Taj Jenkins, Maurice Moore,
and Stephon Lofton.
Nothing is sweeter than securing a spot in the state semi-finals on your home floor.
Jefferson High School boys basketball head coach, Eric Hayes, knows that sweet taste as his team se- cured a seat in the state semi- finals with a 73-72 comeback win against Lehigh in the Class 6A-Regional 3 final.
With 38.4 seconds left in regulation, Lehigh had a 72- 66 lead. But, the Dragons scored the final seven points
to pull out the win. Lehigh didn’t help their cause by committing turnovers on in- bound passes that set up back-to-back scores for the Dragons.
The win is Jefferson’s first appearance in a regional final since 1974.
Lehigh had possession of the ball with 4.1 seconds left, and the Dragons put on a full-court press that forced a traveling call.
Seconds later, Maurice Moore put in the winning
layup.
Moore led Jefferson with
18 points and Taj Jenkins had 15.
Also, Stephone Lofton and Vernon Jackson each scored 10 points for the Drag- ons.
Hayes urged his players on by telling them a lot can happen in 38 seconds and for them to play hard.
Jefferson will travel to Lakeland to play the state semi-finals against Norland from Miami Friday.
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