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Crime
Tampa Man Charged With Cyberstalking
Jury Convicts Gang Member Of Drugs, Gun Crimes
A 28-yer-old man has been charged with cyber- stalking. If convicted, he is facing a maximum of 5 years in federal prison.
Dominique Jade Dra- gan made his initial appear- ance in federal court on October 19, 2021, and was or- dered detained pending trial.
According to the criminal complaint, between January 2020 and July 2021, Dragan engaged in a course of con- duct with the intent to harass and intimidate three victims. Using Instagram, Dragan cyberstalked, harassed, and threatened the victims with a series of continuous mes- sages.
He allegedly made specific threats to kill the victims, in- cluding by stating, “I can’t wait to hear the bones in your neck break,” “I’m gonna put a
4-Car Accident Leaves 1 Dead, 1 In Serious Condition
Last week, a federal jury convicted a Tampa man on charges of possessing a firearm or ammunition as a convicted felon and posses- sion of controlled with the in- tent to distribute them. He was indicted on June 4, 2020.
Keon Moore, 29, faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for January 6, 2022.
According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, Moore is a convicted felon who stored guns and drugs for use by himself and others, sells guns and drugs, and threatens violence to col- lect drug debts.
In one of Moore’s pri- vate Facebook communica-
volved around a Public Stor- age unit rented by Moore, but used by at least one other adult male. After a drug-de- tecting dog alerted to Moore’s unit, law enforce- ment officers executed a search warrant of the unit.
Inside the otherwise empty 50 square-foot unit, officers found seven guns, in- cluding two assault rifles; ammunition; approximately 45 grams of pure metham- phetamine; 34 grams of co- caine, 53 grams of Eutylone, and 1.6 kilograms of mari- juana, among other drugs; and a clothing item contain- ing Moore’s DNA.
Moore has previously been convicted on felony charges including multiple state burglary and drug pos- session convictions.
DOMINIQUE JADE DRAGAN
bullet in your forehead,” and “I can’t wait to murder you.”
Dragan also included racially charged language and threatened the victims with violence if they reported him to law enforcement. Dra- gan’s conduct placed the vic- tims in reasonable fear of serious injury and death, of- ficials said.
KEON MOORE
tions, a person to whom Moore provided drugs on consignment, but who failed to pay on time, begged Moore not to kill him via drive-by shooting over the $90 he owed.
The charges and trial re-
Quarrel
Man Charged
The passenger in this sedan died as a result of his injuries.
One man is dead and an- other in jail after a quarrel led to a fatal shooting. The inci- dent took place in the 4600 block of Haines Road North early Sunday.
According to the St. Pe- tersburg Police Department, officers were dispatched to the location shortly after 3 a. m. When they arrived, they dis- covered a man had been shot. The victim later died as a re- sult of his injury.
During the investigation, police learned 49-year-old Robert Deladurantaye be- came engaged in an alterca- tion with another man earlier in the day. The quarrel contin- ued when the two men were at the location in an alley behind a vacant business. Deladu- rantaye is said to have shot the victim at that location.
Deladurantaye was ar- rested and charged with sec- ond-degree murder.
Last Tuesday morning, October 19, Polk County deputies arrested a man on a New Jersey warrant for mur- der, kidnapping, carjacking, and weapons charges. He was arrested in Winter Haven.
According to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, 51-year-old James Lewis is alleged to have fatally shot a man on September 18, 2021, in East Orange, New Jersey during a carjacking. He then zip-tied the victim’s girl- friend and stole the vehicle with her in it, before crashing a short time later.
Lewis was previously convicted for homicide in a 1989 case in which he was also convicted for robbery and possession of a weapon. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison, but only served 30 years in combined jail and prison time.
After Lewis’ arrest, po- lice executed a search war- rant at the residence where he was arrested, and evi-
A traffic accident involv- ing four vehicles has left one person dead and another in serious condition. The acci- dent took place Friday after- noon on U. S. 301 and Cowley Road.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the 58-year- old driver of a sedan entered the southbound lanes of U. S. 301 from Cowley Road. The sedan entered the path of a SUV traveling southbound on U. S. 301, driven by a 33- year-old man from Ruskin.
After colliding with the SUV, the sedan rotated and struck a pickup truck driven by a 53-year-old man from Riverview and a van driven by a 78-year-old Riverview resi- dent.
This SUV was involved in the accident Friday after- noon.
Both occupants of the sedan were transported to an area hospital, where the pas- senger later died as a result of his injuries.
The other two drivers re- ceived minor injuries. The in- vestigation is continuing.
JAMES LEWIS
dence linked to the East Or- ange investigation was recov- ered.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said, “He spent only 30 years in prison when he was sentenced to 40 years in prison for homicide, rob- bery, and possession of a weapon. In less than two years of being released early, he murdered again. The rea- son we have prisons is to keep violent and repeat crim- inals away from victims and innocent people in the com- munity.”
Between Two
With Out-Of-State
Men Leads To
Murder, Kidnapping
Fatal Shooting
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