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Crime
Burglary Suspect Stayed
Quarrel Leads
Man Charged With Burning
In Guest House 2 Days
To Stabbing,
Teenager During A
Tampa Police are searching for a man who invaded a woman’s guest house and stayed there for two days. The incident took place on South Lincoln Avenue, in South Tampa.
According to the victim, she encountered a man after re- turning home and confronted him in her back yard. The man told her he was sorry, but he just needed somewhere to stay for a few days.
She called police, but the man fled the scene before po- lice could arrive. The victim re- viewed her surveillance video and realized the man had stayed in her guest house for two days and had taken about $500 in tools and electronics. She also said he took frozen food from her freezer.
The man is described as a
Fatal Shooting
Religious Ceremony
BURGLARY SUSPECT
Black man, approximately 150 pounds and was last seen car- rying an American flag back- pack.
Anyone with information about the man can contact Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at 1-800-873-TIPS or online at www.crimestopperstb.com.
Detectives are investigating a dispute that ended with a stabbing and fatal shooting. The incident took place this weekend.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office was notified shortly after midnight Sunday at 12:37 a.m., when they re- ceived a 9-1-1 call. Deputies responded to the 700 block of Oceanside Circle.
When deputies arrived, they discovered one adult male dead and another suffer- ing from stab wounds. During the investigation, detectives were told that the dead man was at the home of a female acquaintance. At some point, the man allegedly assaulted the woman with a knife.
The woman called another male friend for help. When the friend arrived, the two men became engaged in an alterca- tion in the front yard of the home. At some point, the man armed with the knife report- edly stabbed the man that had come over to help. After being stabbed, the man who had come over to help armed him- self and shot the man armed with the knife. He died at the scene.
The man who was stabbed was taken to Tampa General Hospital in stable condition. The woman was also taken to the hospital as a precaution.
Police have not released the names of none of those in- volved in the incident. No charges have been filed in the case. However, the investiga- tion is active and ongoing.
Police arrested a 32-year-old man and charged him with child abuse and torture. He is accused of intentionally burn- ing a teenage boy. The victim told police the incident took place during a religious cere- mony.
Police arrested Jaime Javier Amoguea Fonseca after he told them he was pos- sessed by spirits when he lit a cigar during a Santeria cere- mony.
JAIME JAVIER AMOGUEA FONSECA
Woman Gets 15 Years For Cocaine Smuggling, Perjury
Man Accused Of Approaching Teenagers Arrested
Last week, a federal judge sentenced a 26-year-old w0man to serve several years in prison. She was convicted by a federal jury on September 3, 2019.
District Judge Susan C. Bucklew sentenced Lelia Vanessa Perdomo Zapata, of Colombia, South America, to 15 years in federal prison. She was convicted of conspir- acy to distribute and to pos- sess, with the intent to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine while onboard a ship subject to the jurisdic- tion of the United States.
She was also convicted of possession with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine on that vessel, and for perjury.
According to trial evidence, Zapata was the Colombian load guard for a Cartagena, Colombia-based cocaine smuggling crew and part of an
international maritime drug smuggling operation involving at least 440 kilograms of co- caine, worth approximately $13 million.
Officials said that Zapata and one of her co-conspirators were transporting 18 bales of cocaine onboard a 60-foot sail- ing vessel from Cartagena to Cancun, Mexico.
The USCG law enforce- ment officers from Tactical Law Enforcement Team Pa- cific, boarded the sailing vessel and discovered 18 bales of co- caine and multiple electronic devices consistent with co- caine trafficking. Subsequent analyses of these devices yielded crucial digital evidence of the cocaine smuggling oper- ation.
During trial, Zapata testi- fied under oath for nearly seven hours and made numer- ous statements that were proven to be not true.
Detectives with the Hills- borough County Sheriff’s Of- fice are asking for help from the public about a man at- tempting to get women and teenage girls to get into his ve- hicle.
According to detectives, around 4:45 p.m., last Wednesday, January 15th, deputies received a call about a man approaching a teenager as she walked home from her school bus stop. The girl was at the intersection of Old Hills- borough Avenue, East and Or- ange Avenue.
The man reportedly at- tempted to get her into his ve- hicle and made sexually inappropriate statements to her. However, the girl escaped without being injured.
She was able to obtain his license plate number and a de- scription of his vehicle. The car was registered to 35-year-old Preston Javon Pamphile.
The following day, police placed the vehicle, driven by
PRESTON JAVON PAMPHILE
Pamphile, under surveil- lance. Officers reportedly ob- served Pamphile travel through several locations in his black Ford Titanium. He reportedly made contact with three female teenagers and an adult woman.
Pamphile was stopped and taken into custody. He was charged with reckless driving and violation of proba- tion. He is being held at the Hillsborough County Jail with- out bond.
UNCLE SANDY SAYS
Love is 14, 19, 28, 38 the only force 3, 10, 40, 43 capable of transform- ing 12, 20, 23, 24 an enemy into friend. 18, 50, 54, 60
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