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Crime
Woman Charged With Murder Of Husband On Christmas Eve
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested an Apollo Beach woman and charged her with murder. She is accused of killing her husband on Christmas Eve.
According to police, deputies responded to 517 Flame Tree Drive after re- ceiving a 9-1-1 call. When deputies arrived, they discov- ered Shawn Singleton, 47, dead on the floor. He had suf- fered a gunshot wound to the upper body area.
His wife, Mrs. Sherrill Singleton, 42, told police she discovered her husband unresponsive when she re- turned from a walk.
On December 26th, the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s Office issued a re- port ruling Singleton’s death as a homicide. During
SHERRILL SINGLETON
... Charged with first-degree
murder
the course of the investiga- tion and the Medical Exam- iner’s report, deputies arrested Mrs. Singleton and charged her with first- degree murder.
Man Points Gun At Girlfriend; Shoots Her Son In Stomach
A 42-year-old Plant City man was arrested after he re- portedly shot a teenager in the abdomen. The teenager was listed in critical condi- tion.
Officers with the Plant City Police Department re- sponded to the 1700 block of Charles Avenue, in reference to a shooting Monday night.
Upon arrival, officers dis- covered that the teenager was in another room of the home when the teenager heard a gunshot. He went to the room where his mother, Ms. April Masias, 32, and her boyfriend, Ricardo Gonza- les were having a domestic dispute.
Police said the teenager confronted Gonzales for as- saulting his mother. Gonza- les is alleged to have hit the teenager in the head with the gun, then placed it to his ab- domen and fired one round.
Ms. Masias told police that prior to the shooting, Gonzales had verbally threatened her, placed the gun to her head, and then fired one round into the
RICARDO GONZALES
... Being held without bond
ground.
The teenager, who police
have not identified, was transported to a local hospi- tal, where he was listed in critical condition. His mother was not injured.
Gonzales was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and aggra- vated child abuse. He is being held at the Hillsborough County Jail without bond.
Woman Charged With Stabbing Cousin To Death
RENESHA L. BROWN
... Charged with second-de- gree murder
Teenager Arrested After He Rams Police Car
The Pinellas County Sher- iff’s Office arrested a 16-year- 0ld teenager after he allegedly rammed a police vehicle with a stolen car. The incident took place about 3 p.m. Monday.
The incident began Monday after police observed a 2016 Honda Accord traveling west- bound on 38th Avenue, North, near 68th Street North. A computer inquiry revealed that the vehicle has been reported stolen out of Pasco County.
Officials said deputies did not pursue the vehicle, but were monitoring it when the driver began operating it er- ratically and turned on to 72nd Street, North. The deputies lost sight of it in the residential neighborhood.
A short time later, they ob- served the same car again traveling northbound on 78th Lane North, traveling at a high rate of speed. It was also weaving back and forth in the roadway.
When the vehicle reached 46th Avenue North, deputies used stop sticks to disable it. At that point, deputies said the driver, who was alone in the vehicle, repeatedly rammed the front end of the police cruiser. The driver then used the Honda to push the deputy’s car backwards to- wards the other deputy who was standing outside of his vehicle challenging the driver at gunpoint. The impact caused damage to both vehi- cles, police said.
The suspect then fled the scene eastbound on 46th Av-
JATEZ M. BOYD
enue, North.
The deputies followed the
stolen vehicle and eventually stopped it by using stop sticks. The suspect lost con- trol of the vehicle and crashed into several parked cars at 3901 66th Street, North.
The driver of the stolen ve- hicle, identified as 16-year- old Jatez M. Boyd, was transported to a local hospi- tal, where he was treated for his injuries. Police said Boyd had also been reported as a runaway.
After being treated at the hospital, he was transported to the Juvenile Assessment Center, where he was charged with grand theft of a motor vehicle, aggravated assault with a motor vehicle, aggra- vated fleeing and eluding, re- sisting an officer with violence, resisting an officer without violence, leaving the scene of a crash with property damage, possession of mari- juana, and having no valid driver’s license.
Shortly after 5 p.m., Tues- day, a woman wanted in con- nection with a fatal stabbing surrendered to police. She was charged with second-degree murder.
According to the Clearwater Police Department, officers and fire rescue responded to the Norton Apartment Com- plex, 1450 S. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue, Monday morning in reference to a stabbing.
Upon arrival, they discov- ered Ms. Keoni Maxine Ivory, 21, of Clearwater, had been stabbed several times. She was treated at the scene and transported to Morton Plant Hospital, where she later died.
During the investigation, po- lice identified Ms. Renesha L. Brown, 24, a cousin of the victim, as a suspect in the case. A warrant was issued for her arrest on Tuesday. Ms. Brown surrendered to police Tuesday evening and is cur- rently being held on a second- degree murder charge.
Police did not release any in- formation about what led to the fatal stabbing.
UNCLE SANDY SAYS
Doing the right thing 8, 15, is sometimes harder 16, 20, than doing nothing at all. 11, 12.
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