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Crime
Police Arrest Suspect In Fatal Shooting
Task Force Arrest Murder Suspect At Hotel
Man Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Church Of $16,350
GLENNIS L. MAYS
... Charged with murder
SERGIO RASHAD GREEN ... Died after being shot during quarrel
VICTOR THOMAS CLAVIZZAO
The Pinellas Park Police De- partment arrested a 24-year- old man in connection with a fatal shooting. The shooting took place last Friday.
Derrion Vontrell Rich, of St. Petersburg, was arrested on an active warrant outside his residence Sunday. He was charged with first-degree mur- der.
According to police, Mau- rice A. Cole, 20, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was in the parking lot of the Bell Apart- ments when he was shot. The suspect shot him and fled the scene.
Investigators identified Rich as the suspect in the shooting and obtained an ar- rest warrant Saturday.
DERRION RICH
Investigators believe that the fatal shooting was the result of a dispute over a narcotics transaction between Cole and Rich.
Rich is being held at the Pinellas County jail without bond.
Late Thursday, the Tampa Police Fugitive Apprehension Unit and U. S. Marshals Task Force arrested a man in con- nection with a murder. The shooting took place in the 8100 block of N. Mulberry, Wednesday, at approximately 7:45 p.m.
Glennis L. Mays, 24, of Tampa, was located at the Roadway Inn, 6510 North U. S. Highway 301. He was taken into custody at the motel after
he attempted to escape. According to police, Ser- gio Rashad Green, 28, be- came involved in an altercation with a man while in the 8100 block of N. Mul- berry. At some point during the altercation, Green was shot and the suspect fled the
scene before police arrived. During the investigation, po- lice linked Mays to the shoot- ing. The investigation is continuing.
Victor Thomas Claviz- zao, 56, of St. Petersburg, re- cently pleaded guilty to wire fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
According to the plea agreement, Clavizzao, using the name of “Victor Thomas,” opened a series of companies, and represented to others, including a local church, that he had the ability to help them conduct real es- tate transactions.
Clavizzao convinced the church, which was seeking to construct a new building, to give him money. The church members believed that the money they gave to Clavizzao would be used to secure fi- nancing and to handle issues related to their construction project.
Instead of aiding the church, Clavizzao used $16,350 of the church’s funds for his personal benefit.
Police Arrest Woman For Theft Of $8,500 Ring
Officers with the Clearwater Police Department arrested a Switzerland woman with grand theft in the theft of an engage- ment ring. She was released after posting a $2,000 bond.
According to police, Ms. Barbara Beaud, 46, was at Frenchy’s Rockaway Grill on Clearwater Beach. She al- legedly observed an engage- ment ring that had been left on a table by a previous diner. The ring was valued at $8,500.
The owner of the ring told police she had placed the ring on the table while putting lo- tion on her hands and forgot to pick it back up.
Ms. Beaud was dining with her family at a nearby table and noticed the ring. She took it from the table instead of turn- ing it in, and then she and her family left the restaurant.
BARBARA BEAUD
Officers arrived at the restaurant a short time later and viewed surveillance
video from the restaurant. They were able to see Ms. Beaud commit the theft.
Within about an hour, offi- cers were able to locate Ms. Beaud, take her into custody and recover the ring.
Lutz Man Charged With Shooting Gun Out Of Sunroof
A 28-year-old Lutz man was arrested after he al- legedly fired a handgun out of the sunroof of his vehicle. The incident took place on the Memorial Causeway Bridge.
According to Clearwater Police, the incident took place around 9 a.m., Saturday. Po- lice received several calls about the shooting.
Officers began searching for the Volvo and located it in the 500 block of South Gulfview Blvd. The driver of the vehicle, identified as Je- lani Dixon was taken into custody.
Dixon allegedly fired sev- eral rounds from a .40 caliber Ruger semiautomatic hand- gun. The gun was recovered
JELANI DIXON
at the scene.
Dixon was charged with
discharging a firearm from a vehicle in public. He is being held in the Pinellas County Jail on $10,000 bail.
Man Gets 10 Months For
Shipping Guns To Dominica
UNCLE SANDY SAYS
Love is 14, 19, 28, 38 the only force 3, 10, 40, 43 capable of transforming 12, 20, 23, 24 an enemy into friend. 18, 50, 54, 60
A U. S. District judge sen- tenced a Tampa man to federal prison. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States.
Judge Susan Bucklew sentenced Edger Edmund Francis, 29, to 10 months in federal prison for conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States. Francis pleaded guilty on April 23, 2018.
According to court docu- ments, on September 22, 2016, Francis rented a U-Haul truck and drove it from Tampa to a shipping company in Riviera Beach, Florida. While in Riv- iera Beach, Francis arranged to ship a barrel containing three handguns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, con- cealed among various house- hold goods. The barrel was destined for Roseau, Dominica, and records showed that Fran-
EDGER EDMUND FRANCIS
cis had bought the household items from a store in Tampa, just before making the trip.
Francis never applied for, or received, an export license or other written prior approval to ship the guns or ammunition outside of the United States.
On or about October 26, 2016, the Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force searched the barrel and found the guns and ammunition hid- den inside.
Suspects Wanted For Using Stolen Credit Card
Detectives with the Hills- borough County Sheriff’s Of- fice are attempting to identify two suspects who shopped with a stolen credit card. The incident took place earlier this month at the Target, 13658 University Plaza.
According to police, the two Black men entered store, shopped, and used the
victim’s “SMI One” state rev- enue visa card to pay for the items at the register.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office at 813-247-8200. Tips can also be made through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS (8477), or at the website at www.crimestopperstb.com.
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