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Crime
Bicyclist Killed
Man Pleads Guilty To Trafficking A Minor To Tampa
In Accident With
Dump Truck
A 33-year-old Houston, Texas man has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of a minor, coercion, and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual ac- tivity, use of a facility of inter- state commerce in aid of racketeering, and interstate transportation of a person for prostitution.
Jamel Muldrew faces a minimum mandatory sen- tence of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison. A sen- tencing date has not yet been set.
According to court docu- ments, on April 9, 2021, law enforcement coordinated an operation in Tampa, Florida to identify victims of human trafficking, rescue those vic- tims, and identify and arrest their traffickers.
As part of this operation, an undercover officer ob-
the passenger seat. The victim exited the vehicle, walked to the hotel room and entered, and was detained. As law en- forcement approached Mul- drew, he attempted to flee, but was ultimately appre- hended. At the time of his ar- rest, officers recovered multiple fictious identity cards Muldrew had in his possession, for both himself and the minor victim.
The subsequent investiga- tion revealed that Muldrew had been trafficking the minor victim across the country to engage in prostitution. Specif- ically, between February and April 2021, Muldrew had trafficked the minor victim for the purpose of commercial sex in Texas, New Jersey, Mary- land, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, where he was ul- timately arrested.
Driver Killed In Single Car Accident
An uniden-
tified woman
was killed
Tuesday morn-
ing after being
involved in an
accident with a
dump truck.
The accident
took place at
the intersec-
tion of N. 15th
Street and E. 21st Avenue.
According to the Tampa Police Department, the crash happened at 8:22 a. m. The driver of the truck stayed on
15TH & 21ST AVE
scene.
The crash is under inves-
tigation.
No additional information
was available.
JAMEL MULDREW
served what appeared to be a potentially underage female in an online escort advertise- ment and arranged for the minor victim to meet him at a hotel room for a commercial sex act, in exchange for $800.
Soon thereafter, Mul- drew arrived at the location driving a black Chevrolet Im- pala, with the minor victim in
Bank Robbery Suspect Hits Same Bank Twice
BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT FROM 2-18-22
Detectives are attempting to identify a man who report- edly robbed the same bank location twice. Crime Stop- pers of Tampa Bay is also of- fering a reward of up to $5,000 in the case.
The robbery took place on Tuesday, March 8th. The sus- pect, described as a Black man, about 5’11” and weigh- ing more than 200 pounds, entered the Fifth Third Bank, 1901 W. Swann Avenue. He gave the teller a note de- manding money.
Once the teller complied, he fled the scene in a 2000s model Blue Jeep Grand Cherokee.
He was wearing a tan but- ton down shirt, tan pants, one white and one yellow shoe and a blue ski mask
Tax Preparer
BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT FROM 3-8-22
with the eyes and mouth cut out.
Detectives believe he is the same suspect who robbed the same bank on February 18, 2022.
Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the identifica- tion and arrest of the suspect involved in these cases.
Anyone with any infor- mation regarding the identity of the suspect and who wants to be eligible for a cash re- ward is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS (8477), report anonymously online at www.crimestopperstb.com.
Crime Stoppers must be contacted first in order to be eligible for a cash reward.
Eurich Z. Griffin, III,
pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States by promoting a tax fraud scheme and helping others prepare and file false tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Griffin faces a maxi- mum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
According to the plea agreement, between 2013 and 2018, Griffin offered tax- preparation and consulting services to clients for a fee and recruited clients by convincing them that their mortgage debt payments entitled them to tax refunds, and helped to pre- pare and present false tax re- turns on their behalf.
To make the refund claims appear legitimate, Griffin and the conspirators filed tax documents with the IRS that matched the withholding in- formation listed on the tax re- turns.
As part of the conspiracy, Griffin also independently submitted six fictitious instru- ments totaling $1,354,809.21 to the IRS.
Two Men Killed After Sleeping Driver Leaves Road
Pleads Guilty
To Tax Fraud
A 50-year-old Dover man died Saturday evening in a single-car accident. The acci- dent took place on State Road 400.
The accident took place shortly after 7 p. m.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the unidenti- fied man was traveling west- bound on State Road 400 at Milepost 19 when for unde-
termined reasons, he lost control of the vehicle while changing lanes.
He traveled to the north shoulder and overturned sev- eral times. The driver, who was from Dover, was trans- ported to an area hospital, where he died as a result of his injuries.
The investigation is con- tinuing.
Conspiracy
Two men died Sunday after being struck by a vehi- cle that left the roadway. The driver of the vehicle al- legedly fell asleep behind the wheel.
A 73-year-old St. Peters- burg resident had a flat tire on the driver’s side and pulled the Sports Utility Ve- hicle to the side of the road. A short time later, his 30- year-old friend from Tampa came to assist him.
Both men were standing on the driver’s side of the ve-
hicle when a sedan driven by a 36-year-old Tampa man traveling northbound struck the vehicle and both men.
The 30-year-old man died at the scene. The 73- year-old man later died at a local hospital. A 69-year-old woman passenger in the ve- hicle was not injured.
Investigators said the driver of the sedan had re- portedly fallen asleep behind the wheel.
The investigation into the fatal accident is continuing.
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