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Crime
4 Indicted For Racketeering, Shootings
Driver Sought In Fatal Hit And Run Accident
This vehicle was involved in the hit and run accident that took place on N. 56th Street and Harney Road Sunday. The victim died at the scene.
KIEAUJAY HORNSBY
Four members of what law enforcement refers to as the “Robles Park” Criminal En- terprise have been indicted on racketeering charges.
The indictment charges
Keaujay Hornsby, a/k/a Plug,” 26; Kareem Spann, a/k/a “Reem,” 27; Tywon Spann, a/k/a “Weez,” 25; and Eriaus Bentley, 29, all of Tampa.
Hornsby and both Spanns have been charged with racketeering conspiracy which, as the indictment al- leges, relates to numerous vi- olent, drug-trafficking, and economic crimes, committed as part of a criminal enter-
KAREEM SPANN
prise called “Robles Park.” Hornsby and Kareem Spann have also been charged with committing vio- lent crimes in aid of racket- eering, and discharging firearms in aid of crimes of vi- olence. All four defendants are charged with conspiring to commit fraud and identity theft, and with committing numerous substantive acts of
fraud and identity theft.
The indictment also noti- fies the defendants that the United States is seeking a money judgment in the amount that the defendants obtained or attempted to ob-
tain from their offenses.
TYWON SPANN
According to the indict- ment, “Robles Park” is a crim- inal organization whose members and associates en- gaged in acts involving mur- der, assault, intimidation, narcotics trafficking, access device fraud, identity theft, obstruction of justice, and other crimes.
The indictment alleges that, among other acts of vio- lence, Hornsby and Ka- reem Spann committed a shooting outside the Truth Lounge in Tampa, on July 19, 2020, and committed another shooting outside the Interna- tional Plaza in Tampa on July 25, 2020.
The Florida Highway Pa- trol is seeking information about a deadly hit and run ac- cident. It took place around 5:30 p.m., Sunday.
According to news release, the 32-year-old woman was walking adjacent to the bicy- cle lane. The driver of the ve- hicle failed to stay in the travel lane and struck the victim.
The victim died at the
scene as a result of her in- juries. The victim was a resi- dent of Casa Grand, Arizona, police said.
Anyone with information about the accident or the driver is asked to contact the Florida Highway Patrol at (813) 558-1800; or Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at 1- 800-873-TIPS, or on line at www.crimestopperstb.com.
UNCLE SANDY
Postal Clerk Pleads Guilty To Bank Fraud, Stealing Mail
You are confined only by, 8, 13, 24, 49, 60, the walls you build yourself, 2, 19, 22, 39, 47.
A 31-year-old Ruskin woman pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, five counts of ag- gravated identity theft, and one count of theft of a postal key. She is facing several years in federal prison.
Ms. Jasmine Wynne’s
sentencing hearing has been scheduled for November 17, 2021.
According to court docu- ments, Ms. Wynne was em- ployed as a Postal Clerk with the United States Postal Serv- ice (“USPS”) and was assigned to a Post Office in St. Peters- burg. Between June 2017 and September 2019, Ms. Wynne conspired with oth- ers to commit bank fraud.
Ms. Wynne allegedly used her status and the special access she enjoyed as an em- ployee of the USPS to open First Class mail entrusted for
JASMINE WYNNE
delivery to the Postal Service. She then photographed the contents of the mail, which in- cluded victim bank account information and personal identifying information (“PII”). She also took photo- graphs of United States Pass- port applications that were processed at her Post Office location. These applications also contained PII and bank account information. Ms.
Wynne then emailed the photographs to coconspira- tors who utilized the PII and bank account information to commit bank fraud.
Ms. Wynne also used her position as a USPS employee to access and steal at least one restricted Postal Arrow key. An Arrow key is a special mas- ter key that opens USPS col- lection boxes, banks of mailboxes at apartment com- plexes, and any other mail- boxes. The Arrow keys are manufactured for the USPS and distributed through con- trolled channels.
Ms. Wynne provided the stolen Postal Arrow key to her co-conspirators in exchange for payment so that they could steal mail from locked mail- boxes and secure additional PII and other information for use in the bank fraud conspir- acy.
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