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MS. JUNE L. ASHE
Funeral service for Ms. June L. Ashe, who passed on October 22, 2019, will be held on Friday, November 8, 2019, at 1 p. m. at Mt. Calvary S. D. A. Church, 4902 N. 40th Street, Tampa, Florida, with Pastor Curtis Crider, officiating. Interment will follow in Rest Haven
Memorial Park Cemetery, 4615 E. Hanna Avenue, Tampa, Florida.
June was born in Tampa, Florida on March 25, 1962. She was the daughter of Charles Sr. and Bettye Ashe. She loved school all the way from Helping Hand Day Nursery, Mt. Calvary Junior Academy, and all the way through high school gradu- ating with accomplishments from Hillsborough High School. She attended the Uni- versity of South Florida and Oakwood University, studying Business Administration.
June also studied Nursing because she was skilled in car- ing for the sick and especially those who needed medical at- tention. She enjoyed assisting the nurses and doctor in the Medical Clinic at the Southeast- ern Conference Camp Meeting encampment.
The desire of her heart was to enter the hair styling/barber- ing profession and with great joy she entered this journey. She attended the Manhattan Cosmetology School and earned her Cosmetology License. This accomplishment lead to her owning her own hair salon.
She is survived by 2 sons, Jaraun and Jonathan; mother, Bettye Ashe; brother, Charles (Chuck) Ashe, Jr. and wife, Jackie; nieces, Payton, Mikala; nephews, Noah, Ryan, Winston, II; aunt, Denice Monford; god- brother, Bobby Bowden, Jr.; and so many kind, loving, com- passionate, and caring friends, among whom are Regina, Bar- bara, Lisa, Marsha, Jennifer, Yolanda, Jocelyn, Mary/Win- ston, Ashley, Shelly, Shontae, Toby, Chad, Brenda, Kesha, Erica, Sherrie, Robertha; in ad- dition, there were also a host of caring friends from Mt. Cal- vary, Progress Village and First University churches, Pastor Curtis Crider, Pastor Yvette Parham, Pastor Byron Wells and Elder Michael Morgan.
There will be a viewing on Friday from 12 noon – 1 p. m. at the church (1 hour prior to the service). Friends are asked to assemble at the church.
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Funeral Services
CrimeFentanyl Dealer Sentenced To 30 Years
To Be Held For
Rep. John Conyers
Funeral services are scheduled in Detroit for long- time Democratic U. S. Rep. John Conyers.
A family hour was held at 10 a. m. Monday at Greater Grace Temple, followed by services at 11 a. m. Former President Bill Clinton and civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson are among those expected to attend.
Conyers died Oct. 27 at age 90 at his Detroit home, two years after resigning from Congress, where he served for 50 years. He first was elected in 1964 and was a founder of the Congressional Black Cau- cus. Conyers also is credited with creating the federal hol- iday honoring Martin
DION GREGORY FISHER
SAMUEL HUFFMAN
PHILLIP MOROSE
U. S. REP. JOHN CONYERS
Luther King, Jr.
His legacy was smeared in 2017 following allegations that he sexually harassed fe- male staffers. He denied the allegations but eventually stepped down, citing health reasons.
District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced a man convicted of conspiring to manufacture and distribute drugs was sen- tenced last week. He was given a sentence of 30 years in prison.
Dion Gregory Fisher, 33, formerly of Seminole, was sen- tenced for conspiring to manu- facture and distribute fentanyl and fentanyl analogue, and money laundering. Fisher was also ordered to forfeit several high-end vehicles, including an Aston Martin and Audi R8, and a forfeiture money order of nearly $800,000 was entered against him.
He was found guilty on June 5, 2019, by a jury.
According to testimony and evidence presented during the seven-day trial, Fisher and others, including co-defendant Christopher McKinney, manufactured and distributed hundreds of thousands of coun- terfeit oxycodone 30 mg pills that were made with fentanyl that Fisher had ordered from China. Fisher also ordered pill presses from China, some of which were seized by Homeland Security. He also purchased binding and cutting agents used in the manufacturing process.
Another co-defendant, Samuel Huffman, used the pill presses and materials sup- plied by Fisher to press fen- tanyl pills out of his automotive business in Pinellas Park. Huff- man pleaded guilty to the fen- tanyl conspiracy on October 9, 2018, testified against Fisher at trial, and was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison on June 24, 2019.
Fisher also stored fentanyl and fentanyl analogue in a work bay in Clearwater. In January and February 2018, large quan- tities of fentanyl and fentanyl analogue were seized from
these locations, as well as from Fisher’s residence in Semi- nole, and McKinney’s resi- dence and work bay. More than three kilograms of fentanyl and fentanyl analogue were admit- ted into evidence during the trial. On July 2, 2018, Christo- pher McKinney pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and manufacture fentanyl and fentanyl analogue.
McKinney forfeited $1.4 million in cash, two residences, and several high-end vehi- cles/motorcycle. McKinney testified against Fisher at trial, and was sen- tenced to 2 years in federal prison on June 28, 2019.
Fisher and McKinney sold hundreds of thousands of counterfeit oxycodone pills, mostly via the U. S. Mail, to Phillip Morose in Boston. Morose then distributed the pills. Morose was charged with conspiring to distribute and manufacture fentanyl and fentanyl analogue. He pleaded guilty to these charges and was sentenced on July 8, 2019, to 10 years in federal prison. He is also currently facing money laundering charges in Boston.
In addition, Fisher laun- dered the proceeds from his fentanyl pill sales with Konrad Guzewicz, who owned and op- erated automotive and tire-and- rim companies in Pinellas County. Fisher purchased sev- eral high-end luxury vehicles, including an Aston Martin, a Bentley, a Maserati, a BMW, and an Audi R8, using fentanyl proceeds.
Guzewicz also laundered fentanyl cash proceeds for Fisher. On four occasions, Fisher provided Guzewicz with $35,000 in cash that he had obtained from selling fen- tanyl pills, and Guzewicz, in turn, wrote Fisher a check for $30,000 from his business and personal accounts. Guzewicz pleaded guilty to money laun- dering charges on June 28, 2018, testified against Fisher at trial, and was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison on July 2, 2019.
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