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Crime
Murder Suspect Charged With Attempting To Drown Deputy
Man Sentenced To Prison For Role In Gun Smuggling Ring
Police Search For Two Men Linked To Shootout
The shooting took place in the 6400 block of Eden Court.
Detectives are searching for two men in connection with a shootout. The incident was captured on camera when it took place in the Town ’N’ Country area.
According to the Hillsbor- ough County Sheriff’s Office, on Sunday, August 8, 2021, just before 1:00 a.m., two suspects attempted to con- ceal themselves behind a parked pick-up truck on the 6400 block of Eden Lane. They reportedly exchanged gunfire with unidentified in- dividuals who were traveling in two separate vehicles.
A home, fence, two vehi- cles, and a mailbox were all struck by bullets. After the gunmen fled the scene, the two unidentified vehicles returned and fired additional
A 34-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a woman. He is also facing a charge of attempted murder of a police officer.
According to the Clearwater Police Depart- ment, the body of a 20-year- old woman was discovered inside a vehicle in the 1700 block of Townsend Street last Friday. She has been identified by police as Ms. Shyanne Turner, of Clearwater.
She had been shot while inside a 2020 Nissan Sentra while in the 1700 block of Townsend Street. The vehicle was abandoned near Otten and Weston.
At the time of the shooting, that took place around 3:13 p.m., detectives had not re- leased any suspect informa- tion.
However, as the investiga- tion continued, police ques-
JOSHUA HENDERSON
tioned
Joshua Henderson, who was re- portedly in- volved in a relationship with the vic- tim. He was located at a nearby reten-
tion pond later that evening. The search involved three law enforcement agencies.
After he was located, police attempted to take Hender- son into custody. Hender- son is alleged to have attempted to pull a Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputy un- derwater and hold him there.
Henderson was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder and at- tempted murder on a law en- forcement officer. He was booked into the Pinellas County Jail.
SERGIO HERNANDEZ- ZULUAGA
JHON MARIN- MORENO
Last week, Judge Mary Scriven sentenced a 41-year- old man to one year and one day in federal prison. He is ac- cused of providing a gun to a person not allowed to have a gun.
Sergio David Hernan- dez-Zuluaga pleaded guilty on May 14, 2021.
According to court docu- ments, in December 2017 and February 2018, authorities in Bogota, Colombia seized sev- eral assault rifles and pistols that had been shipped from Tampa, Clearwater, and Kissimmee. The firearms were concealed in packages contain- ing household items.
Law enforcement agencies in the United States traced some of the weapons and de- termined that most of them had been acquired in the Tampa area. The agencies later discovered that Hernandez- Zuluaga had purchased and stored at least seven of the firearms before they were shipped to Colombia. Her- nandez-Zuluaga transferred the firearms to his friend, Jhon Marin-Moreno, a dual citizen of the United States and Colombia, who arranged for their illegal export.
At the time, Hernandez- Zuluaga knew that Marin- Moreno was a convicted felon who could not possess firearms.
Marin-Moreno was charged separately and sen- tenced to three years and three months in federal prison.
rounds in the area. Hillsborough
Men Plead Guilty
To Robbery Spree, Shooting, Crime Journal
County Sheriff Chad Chronister said, “It’s clear that these sus- pects have no regard for the safety of others. They care- lessly fired their weapons in a neighborhood putting the
safety of residents at risk. “I’m asking anyone who recognizes these suspects to please reach out to the Hills- borough County Sheriff’s Of-
fice.”
Anyone with information
is asked to contact the Hills- borough County Sheriff’s Of- fice at 813-247-8200. Video of the shooting was recorded on a home surveillance cam- era and can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=44w8ybkz- ZAM.
Two Tampa men entered guilty pleas by accepting plea agreements last week. They are accused of committing a series of armed robberies.
Tyee Spike, II, 18, pleaded guilty to participating in 10 armed robberies, dis- charging a firearm during a robbery, and possessing a firearm and ammunition after being convicted of a felony.
Jeffrey L. Davis, 22, pleaded guilty to participating in 8 armed robberies. They both face a maximum sen- tence of life in federal prison.
According to their plea agreements, Spike and Davis committed a series of commercial armed robberies, which took place in Tampa, Fishhawk, and Riverview, be- tween October 13 and October 19, 2020.
Firearms were displayed during every robbery. In the first robbery, an individual confronted Spike, and Spike shot him in the stomach. The victim remained hospitalized for 12 days, but survived.
Prior to the spree, Spike committed a carjacking to ob- tain the getaway vehicle which the men used for the
TYEE SPIKES, II
robberies. The robbery spree ended with a high- speed chase, in which the defendants crashed the getaway ve- hicle before being appre-
hended.
At the time of the defen-
dants’ arrest, their getaway vehicle contained a “list of criminal achievements and/or ambitions,” which itemized various houses they intended to target and per- sonal possessions they in- tended to take, including the names and locations of sev- eral commercial establish- ments.
In the year prior to the robbery spree, Spike had been convicted of battery on a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon, resisting an officer with violence, grand theft of a motor vehicle, two counts of robbery, and bur- glary of an unoccupied con- veyance.
Sentencing dates have not been set.
UNCLE SANDY
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