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Crime
Gun Stolen From Home During Burglary
Tampa Police Department’s District III Office reported that on Monday at 10:10 a. m., a home at 810 East Conover Street was burglarized.
Police said unknown suspects forced their way into the home by kicking in the front door. Once inside, police said the sus- pects ransacked he residents and took several items valued at almost $5,000. One of the items taken was a Gen 4Glock 23/40 caliber firearm.
Witnesses In Grant Park Murder Not Cooperating
Jury Convicts Man For Killing Security Guard
Hillsborough County Sher- iff’s Office detectives are ask- ing for help in identifying two men seen in a surveillance photo at a Walmart Store on Waters Avenue and Hanley Road in Town ‘N Country.
Detectives said on December 4th at 6:50 p. m., a man se- lected two televisions valued above $500, and was seen on video walking out of the store without paying for the mer- chandise.
The suspect reportedly abandoned the televisions out- side of the store and it appears a vehicle left the suspect stranded. He was last seen running through the parking lot of the store.
The suspect is described as a
These are surveillance pho- tos of a man removing televi- sions from a Town ‘N Country Walmart Store.
Hispanic male, 5’9” tall and the vehicle that left him stranded was described as a tan Toyota Camry with a sun- roof.
Tampa Police report that they are trying to find out what occurred in the Grant Park community Wednesday night that led to a man being killed.
Police said Ricardo McCalop, Jr., 26, died at Tampa General Hospital after suffering upper body trauma. Officers were called at 11 p. m. to 3416 North 55th Street, and when they arrived, they found McCalop at the scene with fatal injuries, and several wit- nesses who were cooperating with the investigation.
Police said most of the peo- ple who were around at the time of the incident left before they arrived, and that the killing appears to have been a targeted attack.
Police are asking anyone with information to call (813)
RICARDO MCCALOP, JR.
231-6130.
In September 2014
McCalop’s father, Ricardo McCalop, Sr. was killed in an industrial accident when he was crushed while operating a forklift.
No suspect information has been released by police and the investigation is continuing.
Authorities have discovered six credit card skimmers on pumps at gas stations around the area over the past month.
During routine pump checks, officials from the Florida De- partment of Agriculture and Consumer services found skim- mers at the following locations:
Sadid Foodmart #1, 7790 Ridge Road, Seminole
Jaishiusai 002 Inc., 13080 Park Boulevard, Seminole (2 skimmers)
Radiant Food Store/Marathon, 6190 North U. S. Highway 41,
Apollo Beach
D&D Grocery, 3519
Nichols Road, Lithia Primos/BP, 5802 State
Road 674, Wimauma
Authorities reported that be- tween 100 and 5,000 victims can have their credit or debit cards information stolen by each device, with an average of $1,000 stolen from each victim.
LARRY DONELL BROWN MICHAEL VALENTIN ... Convicted of first-degree ... Killed Nov. 21, 2012
murder
Suspect Walks Out Of Walmart With Stolen Televisions
Skimmers Found At Gas Stations
On Monday evening, a 12- member jury convicted a Tampa teenager of murder. Judge Samantha Ward has set a sentencing date for Febru- ary 12, 2016.
The jury took about four hours to find Larry Donell Brown, 19, guilty of the mur- der of Michael Valentin. The murder took place on Novem- ber 21, 2012, while Valentin was working as a security guard at the Grande Oaks Apart- ments, 2402 E. Hanna Avenue, in East Tampa.
Brown was also convicted of stealing the gun used in the murder from his mother a few hours before the shooting. He was also convicted of commit- ting two robberies at ATM ma- chines during the days after the
murder. He was arrested on December 14th, after being in- dicted by a Grand Jury.
Valentin, 38, was an em- ployee of Critical Intervention Services at the time of his death.
Brown was tied to the mur- der after his DNA was found on a bicycle left at the scene.
Prosecutors contend that Brown shot the security guard because he wanted the guard’s 9 mm weapon. However, de- fense attorneys disputed that claim and Brown’s DNA was not found on the gun.
The trial was not a death penalty case because Brown was 16 at the time of the crime. His age also prevents the judge from sentencing his to an auto- matic life sentence.
Suspects
Sought In
Drive-By
Shooting
St. Petersburg Police reported that at 7:49 p.m. Tuesday, a ma- roon Hyundai SUV passed by 1201 10th Avenue, South where four men were sitting on a porch.
Police said one of the occu- pants in the Hyundai fired sev- eral shots at the men, striking a 19-year-old in the leg, then left the scene. Friends took the wounded man to the hospital and his condition is not consid- ered life threatening.
At 7:56 p. m., officers spotted the suspect vehicle in the 34th Street, South area and tried to stop it. They also discovered the vehicle had been stolen.
The vehicle fled from officers and a pursuit was initiated in the Child’s Park area. The pur- suit ended when the Hyundai crashed into a tree. Two occu- pants fled on foot and officers pursued them on foot but were not able to locate either suspect. They were described as Black males in either their late teens or early 20s.
UNCLE SANDY SAYS...
The love of family 2, 13, 23, 30 and the admiration of friends 12, 16, 18, 20 is much more important 1, 40, 45, 48 than wealth and privilege. 15, 35, 52, 60
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