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Crime
Police Investigate Shooting
Detectives Investigating Victim Shot While Riding Bicycle
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reports that on August 30th at 6:30 p.m., Demetrius Simmons, 24, was riding his bicycle near Camden Field Parkway and Falkenburg Road near the Canterbury Lake Subdivision when he was confronted by two Black males.
One of the suspects report- edly fired several shots at Sim- mons, striking him. They then fled on foot towards the
Progress Village subdivision. The suspects were described as Black males, 18-to-21 years old, and both are believed to be known in the area of the
shooting.
Crime Stoppers of Tampa
Bay is offering a reward of up to $3,000 for information that leads to the identification and arrest of the unknown sus- pects in this case. Anyone with information is asked to call 1- 800-873-8477.
Gun Fight At Hotel Sends Four To Jail
ANDREA VIVONA
MELVIN WOODWARD
Two Women Sought For Shoplifting
On Wednesday, Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputies re- ceived a report of shots fired at the Rodeway Inn, 16405 U. S. 19, North at 10:46 a.m. and found several shell casings in the parking lot and the hotel’s third-floor breezeway.
Deputies said Andrea Vivona, 26, and Melvin Woodward, 27, were in- volved in a gun fight on the east side of the hotel. Wit- nesses reported seeing several cars leave the scene following the gun fight, deputies said.
Vivona and Woodward were arrested and charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and taken to jail.
Ernest Brown, III, 33, was also arrested at the scene and faces charges of child abuse and culpable negligence. Deputies said Brown sup-
ERNEST BROWN, III
plied a gun to a juvenile in- volved in the gun fight at the hotel.
The juvenile, who was not identified, faces misdemeanor charges of discharging a firearm.
WILSON DIMANCHE .....wounded and his car was
stolen.
Police in Winter Haven are investigating a shooting that occurred Wednesday night and left a man with a gunshot wound to his buttocks.
Police said at 9:10 p. m., Wil- son Dimanche, 30, was out- side of a residence when two unknown black males ap- proached and one of them shot him in the upper area of his buttocks. It is unknown what happened prior to the shooting, police said.
After the shooting, the sus- pects took Dimanche’s vehi- cle and left the area. The vehicle is described as a 2006 white Dodge Stratus, Florida Tag #DYTP40.
Dimanche was hospitalized and it is reported that his in- juries are not life threatening.
One suspect was described as a young black male, possibly as young as middle school age and the other a Black male in his mid to late 20s who was last seen wearing a light-colored hoodie.
Detectives continue to inves- tigate and ask that anyone with information this shooting or the stolen vehicle to call Crime stoppers at 1-800-226-8477.
These two women are suspected of shoplifting from a Macy’s Store at Brandon Mall.
National
San Francisco International Airport (Courtesy San Francisco International Airport.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reports that on August 15th at 9:12 p. m., two women entered Macy’s, 639 Brandon Town Center Mall.
Detectives said one of the women acted as a lookout as the other selected and con- cealed merchandise valued at
$429. Both women left the store without paying for the items.
Both women were described as Black females between 20 and 25 years old.
Anyone with information on these women is asked to call (813) 247-8200.
UNCLE SANDY SAYS...
Write it 13, 18, 28, 48 on your
heart 30, 41, 43, 44 that every day 1, 7, 20, 50 is the best day in the year. 39, 49, 52, 60
Lucky Man Finds $20 At Airport And Turns It Into $1 Million
Hubert Tang probably thought he was pretty lucky when he found $20 outside of San Francisco International Airport.
But it turned out his good fortune, didn’t stop there.
According to the Associated Press, Tang did something he hadn’t done in a decade: He decided to invest his found treasure in lottery tickets. He bought two scratch-offs.
“I scratched the ticket out- side of the store. I told my friend who I was with that I didn’t know if it was real but, ‘I think I just won a million
dollars,'” Tang said in a state- ment, according to AP.
Tang, who works as a bar- tender, plans to save the money for now. Lottery offi- cials said the store will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket last Wednes- day.
He also has a second chance to win up to $25,000 for the other ticket he purchased that was not a winner.
Tang says he may begin leaving $20 bills on the street in random places to spread his good fortune.
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