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Crime
Police Identify Body Found Near School
KKK Members Sentenced In Plot To Kill Black Ex-Inmate
Detectives with the Tampa Police Department have identified the body found near a school Tuesday. Police have determined that the woman was from out of town.
According to police, the case is being investigated as a homicide. The victim has been identified as 35-year- old Diana B. Medina. Ms. Medina was a Kissimmee resident.
The discovery was made near Just Elementary School
DIANA B. MEDINA
at approximately 1:45 p. m. A passerby discovered the body of an adult female near the southeast corner of W. Spruce Street and N. Oregon Avenue. The victim had a unique tattoo on her ab- domen depicting a sun with the words, “The world is mine.” She also had a tattoo of a cross on her right arm.
The investigation into the death is continuing and po- lice are asking anyone with information to call (813) 231- 6130.
Man Arrested After Police Interrupts Sexual Attack
TRAYMONTE SNIPES
A St. Petersburg Police Sergeant on routine patrol is credited with interrupting a sexual attack in progress. The incident took place around 10 p.m., Tuesday.
According to police, 26- year-old Traymonte Snipes, of Tampa, was ar- rested in the 500 block of 16th Street, North. He was charged with sexual battery with a deadly weapon and kidnap- ping.
THOMAS JORDAN DRIVER ... Sentenced to 4 years
A federal judge sentenced two members of the Tradi- tionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan to 12 years in prison. A third man was sentenced earlier this year.
Judge Wesley R. Dou- glas handed down the sen- tence to David Elliot Moran, 49, of Lake Butler, and 45-year-old Charles Thomas Newcomb, of Keystone Heights. They were convicted of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
Thomas Jordan Driver, 27, of Lake City, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mur- der in March of this year. He was sentenced to 4 years in prison.
The three men were ar- rested in 2015 at the conclu- sion of an investigation by members of the North Florida Joint Terrorism Task Force.
According to court docu-
DAVID ELLIOT MORAN ... Sentenced to 12 years
CHARLES THOMAS NEWCOMB
... Sentenced to 12 years
ments, Newcomb, Moran, and Driver enlisted the help of an FBI informant to kill a former Black inmate as retal- iation for a fight between the former inmate and Driver. At the time of the murder conspiracy, Driver and Moran worked for the Florida Department of Cor- rections as Correctional Offi- cers. Newcomb was a former Corrections Officer.
Teacher Arrested After Firing Gun During Argument
A 51-year-old educator was arrested Sunday afternoon. She was charged with two counts of discharging a weapon from a vehicle.
According to Tampa Police, Ms. Melody Bing, of Tampa, became engaged in an argu- ment with her boyfriend while in the 400 block of W. Colum- bus Drive. Witnesses told po- lice that Ms. Bing fired 2 or 3 shots at the ground as she drove away.
When police arrived at the scene, Ms. Bing had left. Offi- cers went to her residence in the 300 block of W. Amelia Avenue, and made contact with her.
MELODY BING
cylinder.
Ms. Bing was taken into
custody and charged. She was released from the Hillsbor- ough County Jail after posting a $7,500 bond.
Ms. Bing was a fifth grade teacher at the Village of Excel- lence Charter School at the time of the incident. She was
Ms. Bing allegedly came
out of her home still carrying
the silver revolver when con-
fronted by police. Police said
there were three live rounds
and two spent casings in the terminated on Monday.
Young Woman Killed Crossing
Detention Deputy Charged With Touching Child
A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Detention Deputy has been arrested and charged with lewd and lasciv- ious behavior. He is accused of inappropriately touching a child 11 years ago.
According to police, the in- cident took place in 2006 and the victim was 6 or 7 years old. Adam Camara, 39, lived with the victim and the witnesses at the time.
Camara is accused of en- tering the bedroom where the child was sleeping and touch- ing the victim’s buttock. Po- lice learned of the incident and Camara is said to have made incriminating state-
The 61-year-old victim told police Snipes threatened her with a knife and forced her into an alley, where he at- tempted to sexually assault her.
Snipes is being held on a $750,000 bond.
Busy Intersection
UNCLE SANDY
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ADAM CAMARA
ments that corroborated the victim’s statements.
Camara, who joined the Sheriff’s Office in 2003, has been placed on unpaid ad- ministrative leave, police said.
A 26-year-old woman died after being hit by a truck Tuesday evening. The acci- dent took place at the inter- section of E. Hillsborough Avenue and N. Nebraska Av- enue.
According to the Tampa Police Department, Ms. Sara Jean Hufford, of Tampa, was attempting to cross Nebraska Avenue, just south of Hillsborough Av- enue. She was struck by a truck driven by 50-year-old
Rodney Dewayne Davis,
of Brandon.
Witnesses told police that
at approximately 4:15 p.m., Ms. Hufford was crossing Nebraska Avenue from the west side of the street and the truck was making a right turn. She reportedly walked into the side of the truck.
Ms. Hufford was trans- ported to a local hospital, where she later died. Davis was not charged in the acci- dent, police said.
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