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Crime
8 Robles Park Gang Members Indicted For Drug Trafficking
Man Found Injured At Apartment Complex Dies
7800 block of Colonial Club Court in Riverview
DARRON MCNEAL
United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez an- nounced the unsealing of an in- dictment charging eight members of a drug trafficking organization with offenses re- lated to the distribution of co- caine and heroin.
According to court records, this investigation tar- geted illegal drug traffickers operating an open-air drug market in the Robles Park Housing Community in Tampa. During the course of the investigation, law enforce- ment officers seized approxi- mately 2.5 kilograms of cocaine and approximately $52,000.
This investigation is the re- sult of a partnership between the United States Attorney’s Office, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Tampa Po- lice Department, the Bureau of
JOSE ANGEL ANDUJAR
JAMES EDWARD MOORE
TYWON SPANN
ZARRON MCNEAL
ANTONIO A. DIAZ, JR.
JUAN CORRALES
Detectives are conducting a death investigation at an apart- ment complex on the 7800 block of Colonial Club Court in Riverview. The investigation took place on Saturday around 9:30 p.m.
When deputies arrived at the scene, they found a 43-
year-old man with life-threat- ening injuries. The victim was transported to Tampa General Hospital, where he later died.
At this time, there are no known suspects. Anyone with information is urged to call the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office at (813) 247-8200.
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Florida Highway Patrol, and the Lakeland Police Depart- ment.
Those taken into custody are: Darron Dexter Matthew McNeal, 30, Jose Angel Andujar, a/k/a
“Zay,” 43, of Orlando; Tywon Jamarquise Spann, 24, An- tonio A. Diaz, Jr., 29, and James Edward Moore, a/k/a “Doc,” 44, were all charged with conspiracy to dis- tribute and possess with intent to distribute 5kg or more of co- caine and 100g or more of heroin; and 3 counts of distri- bution of cocaine.
Zarron Dexter McNeal,
56, was charged with conspir- acy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin; and distribution of fentanyl and heroin.
Omar Rashada Bacon, 33, and Juan Manuel Cor- rales, 30, were charged with intent to distribute 100g or more.
The investigation is the re- sult of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) program. The prin- cipal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking and money laundering organizations and those primarily responsible for the nation’s drug supply.
Lakeland Police Depart- ment Detectives have made an arrest in the homicide investi- gation of two people. The mur- der took place on August 9, 2020.
Detectives identified Felix Noel Molina, 42, arrested him, and charged him with two counts of first-degree murder. Molina was known by the vic- tims.
The Lakeland Police De- partment was assisted by the Tampa Police Department by locating a van that belonged to the two homicide victims.
During the investigation, it was learned that the van was likely taken at the time of the
National Crime
FELIX NOEL MOLINA
murders. Police de- tectives gathered in- formation that indi- cated the van was in the Tampa area and was being
Man Charged With
Double Murder
driven by Molina.
Shortly after locating the
van, contact was made with Molina in the area of Nebraska Avenue in Tampa. Molina was interviewed by detectives and booked into the Hillsborough County Jail pending transfer to the Polk County Jail.
GA State Trooper Charged With Murder Of Black Man Over ‘Busted Tail Light’
A white, now-fired Georgia state trooper was charged with murder on last Friday after he shot a Black man who at- tempted to flee a traffic stop a week ago, authorities said.
Jacob Gordon Thomp- son, 27, chased down Julian Edward Roosevelt Lewis, 60, in rural Screven County, be- fore unloading one round, ac- cording to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Lewis was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. Riding in a Nissan Sentra, he had led Thompson on a brief chase, according to the GBI.
“Mr. Lewis never got out
JACOB GORDON THOMPSON AND JULIAN EDWARD ROOSEVELT LEWIS
of the vehicle and the investiga- tion will show that, mere sec- onds after the crash, he was shot to death, shot in the face and killed,” said Francys Johnson, a lawyer for the fam- ily.
UNCLE SANDY
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