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Crime
Police Investigate Double Homicide
Judge Sentences
Woman To 65 Years
For Murder Plot
Officers with the Tampa Police Department responded to a 9-11 call in East Tampa. When officers arrived at the scene, they discovered the bodies.
According to the Tampa Police Department, officers responded to 8125 N. Marks Street, at approximately 8:22 p.m., Sunday. When they en- tered the home, they discov- ered the bodies of the two men.
They were apparent vic- tims of homicidal violence, and it did not appear to be a random incident.
Police have not released the names of the victims or
Woman Dies In Traffic Accident Fleeing From Police
MS. JACOIYA JABERA JACKSON
A 26-year-old woman died Saturday after being involved in a traffic accident.
According to police, Ms. Jacoiya Jabera Jackson, of Sanford, was in Lake Wales when she became engaged in a domestic dispute.
Detectives said she drove to the residence to confront an- other woman. She reportedly struck the woman in front of her 4-year-old child and threat- ened to stab her to death, po- lice said.
As the victim attempted to call 9-1-1, Ms. Jackson is al- leged to have forcibly taken the phone from her. The victim sustained minor injuries dur- ing the incident.
When police arrived at the home, Ms. Jackson left the scene in a gray Hyundai and led police on a pursuit.
An officer caught up with her at U. S. 27 and Chalet Suzanne Road, but when he tried to stop her, she fled the scene. Ms. Jackson crashed her vehicle while trying to avoid hitting a car and died at the scene.
the cause of death, pending the notification of the next of kin.
The investigation into the double homicide is continu- ing.
Last Thursday, a federal judge sentenced a woman to more than 60 years in prison. She was convicted of attempt- ing to hire a hit man to kill wit- nesses in a fraud case in which she had been convicted.
U. S. District Judge James S. Moody sentenced Ms. Priscilla Ellis to serve 65 years for the murder-for- hire plot, witness retaliation, and securities counterfeiting. She was found guilty of the charges by a jury on March 9, 2017. Judge Moody also or- dered that the sentence is to run consecutively to a 40-year sentence that had been im- posed on the fraud conviction.
Ms. Ellis, of Killeen, Texas, and her two co-defen- dants, Attorney Perry Don Cortese, and her daughter, Ms. Kenietta Rayshawn Johnson, both of Texas, were convicted of conspiracies to commit international money laundering, mail fraud and wire fraud. They were all taken into federal custody.
Ms. Ellis was sentenced to 40 years in prison and the Court entered a money judg- ment in the amount of $9,288,241.36 and restitution in the amount of $3,767,196 against her. She was also court ordered to forfeit various as- sets, including her bank ac- counts, properties, and a luxury vehicle.
After arriving at the Pinel- las County Jail, Ms. Ellis im-
Man Pleads Guilty In Drug Related Death
MS. PRISCILLA ANN ELLIS
mediately began soliciting other inmates to help her find a hit man to murder one of the witnesses who had testified against her. She also wanted the mother of a second witness killed.
Meanwhile, she directed co-conspirators in Texas and Nigeria to create electronic im- ages of counterfeit cashier’s checks valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars that were to be cashed and used to pay the hit man.
Within a week of arriving at the jail, Ms. Ellis “hired” an undercover FBI agent who posed as a hit man and pro- vided him with explicit in- structions on how she wanted the victims killed. On October 28, 2016, a family member in Texas, acting on her instruc- tions, gave the FBI agent pos- ing as the hit man a down payment. The balance was to be paid after the victims were dead.
A 29-year-old man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute a drug that resulted in a death. He is facing a min- imum mandatory penalty of 20 years, up to life in federal prison.
Furanyl fentanyl is a Schedule I controlled sub- stance that is used in the same manner as fentanyl. However, because of its potency, a small amount of the drug is poten- tially lethal.
According to the plea agreement, Antonorio Nel- son, of Lakeland, conspired to distribute furanyl fentanyl that resulted in the death of “T. C.,” who died from fu- ranyl fentanyl intoxication. The investigation revealed that Nelson was identified as the person who supplied the drug to “T.C.”
Authorities said “T.C” had purchased baggies of the drug with green dragon stamps on them from Nelson on Febru-
ANTONORIO NELSON
ary 3, 2017. The next morning, “T.C.” was found unrespon- sive and later died.
Polk County detectives ex- ecuted a search warrant at Nelson’s home on February 6th. They found 73 baggies of the drug and a loaded .38 cal- iber revolver inside the home. Several of the baggies seized had a green dragon stamp on them, which was consistent with the bags “T.C.” had pur- chased from Nelson.
$450 Million Mega Millions Winning Ticket Sold In New Port Richey
A 90-year-old Tampa man who had been reported miss- ing on Friday has been located and returned home.
Mr. Sebastian Francis,
90, was sitting in a car outside the Winn Dixie Store, 2525 N. Dale Mabry, around 11:15 a.m. He was waiting in the car while a family member went into the store.
When the family member returned to the car, Mr. Francis was gone. He did not have a telephone, and he does not drive. The store was also several miles away from where he lives.
The Tampa Police Depart- ment launched a search for
There's a Mega Millions ticket holder in Florida who's starting the new year on a very prosperous note: The uniden- tified individual is the winner of Friday night's drawing for the $450 million Mega Mil- lions jackpot, lottery officials announced this morning.
The winning ticket was purchased at a 7-Eleven in Port Richey, about 40 miles northwest of Tampa, the Florida lottery said.
The winning ticket matched all six numbers drawn Friday night. The num- bers were 28,30,39,59,70 and the Mega Ball was 10.
Port Richey resident Yuna Catania told ABC News she was "in shock" to learn the winning ticket was
in her own town. "Of all the places in the United States -- Port Richey!"
Catania said she played the lottery, but didn't buy her ticket at the winning 7-Eleven.
"Unfortunately we didn't win!" she said.
The jackpot winner has 180 days after the drawing to claim the money. But to ob- tain the one-time, lump-sum cash option -- which comes to $281.2 million -- the claim must be filed within 60 days of the drawing.
The retailer will also get $100,000 for selling the ticket. The Mega Millions jackpot resets to its new start- ing value of $40 million ($25 million cash) for the next drawing on Tuesday.
MR. SEBASTIAN FRANCIS
him in the area. After search- ing for several hours, he was located unharmed and re- turned to his family.
Elderly Man Reported Missing Located
UNCLE SANDY
Nobody can give you freedom. 4, 17, 23, 28 Nobody can give you equality 3, 30, 33, 40 or justice or anything. 7, 44, 50, 55 If you're a man, you take it. 9, 49, 51, 60.
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