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Body Of Man Found In Car Identified
Key Suspect Finally Charged For Killing Teen Over Missing Cell Phone
The Tampa Police Depart- ment launched a murder inves- tigation after a man was discovered dead inside a vehi- cle. The discovery took place on Wednesday morning near Ridgewood and W. Columbus Drive.
According to police, a neighbor in the 2700 block of Oakdale Avenue, North called 9-1-1 after noticing a man who appeared to be passed out in a car. When investigating offi- cers arrived at the scene, they discovered the man was dead and had suffered trauma to his upper body.
The man has been identi- fied as 27-year-old Jarmaal Rumlin, of Tampa.
Detectives assigned to the case don’t believe the murder was a random act of violence.
JARMAAL RUMLIN 3/15/1989 to 3/2/2016
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stop- pers of Tampa Bay at 1-800- 873-TIPS (8477), or visit the website at www.crimestopper- stb.com.
An 18-year-old Tampa man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a high school stu- dent. The body of the 18-year- old was discovered on a New Tampa Street on September 6, 2015.
The investigation revealed that Eion Gustitis was shot and killed because he was ac- cused of stealing a cell phone while attending a party. Wit- nesses told police the phone was in fact found at the apart- ment after the murder.
According to the Tampa Police Department, police re- sponded to 9711 Commerce Street after a pedestrian dis- covered a man’s body lying in the road. At the time of the discovery, the teenager didn’t have any identification on his body.
As the news circulated throughout the community, Gustitis’ family was search- ing for him because he had not been seen since the day before. They contacted police and the body was positively identified as Gustitis, who was a senior at Freedom High School at the time of his death.
During the investigation, police learned that Gustitis had attended a party at a friend’s apartment. One of the people at the party reportedly became upset because he be- lieved Gustitis had stolen his cell phone.
David Alexander Brunson and others report- edly left the apartment to “take care of it.” Brunson is alleged to have called Gusti- tis on the pretense of selling him a gun.
Once he met the teenager, they drove to Commerce Street, where Brunson and Gustitis left the car. Wit- nesses told police the two teenagers left the vehicle and they heard a “pop.” Brunson returned alone and reportedly said, “It’s done.”
Brunson was arrested on December 26, 2015, and charged with several offenses, including aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon and car- rying a concealed weapon.
On January 15, 2016, the charge of being a felon in pos- session of a firearm was added to the charges.
On Monday, Brunson was officially charged with premeditated first-degree murder and armed robbery. He is currently being held at the Hillsborough County Jail on a bond of $413,750.
EION GUSTITIS 8/13/1997 to 9/6/2015
EZEKIEL MARC
... Charged with accessory after the fact to an armed robbery with a firearm
During the course of the investigation, detectives iden- tified two people and charged them in connection with the murder.
On September 29, 2015, police arrested 20-year-old Ezekiel Marc and charged him as an accessory after the fact to an armed robbery in- volving a firearm. He was re- cently sentenced to 21 months in prison. He was reportedly given money taken from the victim.
According to the Hillsbor- ough County Sheriff’s Office webpage, Marc was released to the Florida State Prison on March 2, 2016.
The following day, police arrested 16-year-old Kyra Rielle Cuadrado, who po- lice have identified as the girl- friend of Brunson. Cuadrado told police she had thrown the gun into the lake.
On September 15, the Tampa Police Department Dive Team recovered a box of .22 caliber bullets from the lake. The next day the Dive Team recovered the gun.
Cuadrado was arrested on September 30, 2015 and charged with being an acces- sory after the fact to first-de- gree murder and destruction of evidence for disassembling the murder weapon and toss- ing it into a lake.
According to the Hillsbor- ough County Sheriff’s Office webpage, she was released on a GPS Monitor on March 2, 2016.
DAVID ALEXANDER BRUNSON
... Charged with first-degree murder
KYRA RIELLE CUADRADO ... Charged with accessory after the fact of first-degree murder
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