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Crime
Quarrel Leads To 1 Death, Man Charged With Murder
Man Surrenders
Early Saturday, police responded to the scene of a murder at a local club. The investigation led them to a man who was later charged.
According to the Hills- borough County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the 3 AM Vibes Club, 4025 W. Waters Avenue, in reference to an injured man. When deputies arrived, they discovered that 39-year-old Jose Anthony Quinones, of Tampa, was dead.
During their investiga- tion, detectives learned that Quinones had become in- volved in an altercation with another man in the parking lot of the club. Following the altercation, the other man fled the scene.
A few hours later, deputies located the man at
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JOSE QUINONES ...died at the scene.
the Chevron Gas Station at the corner of Hanley Road and Jackson Springs Road. He was identified as 25- year-old Eric Rivera. Rivera was charged with first-degree murder.
After police located Rivera, he was transported to Tampa General Hospital,
ERIC RIVERA ...Charged with murder.
where he was admitted. His hand was seriously injured during the altercation with Quinones, a spokesperson said.
Police did not release the manner in which Quinones was fatally injured. The in- vestigation is continuing.
A 47-year-old man was taken into custody after a standoff that lasted for sev- eral hours. The incident took place on Saturday.
According to the Hillsbo- rough County Sheriff’s Of- fice, deputies were called to 14048 Arbor Knoll Circle, around 1 a.m., in reference to a person armed with a shot- gun.
When deputies arrived at the scene, they learned that the man had already fired one round from the shotgun. The man’s girlfriend had es- caped from the home and called police. She was not in- jured.
When deputies arrived, the man refused to come out of the residence. The SWAT and CNT units were called to the scene and made contact with him.
After several hours, he surrendered without further incident. The man was iden-
JEFFREY CORN
tified as Jeffrey Corn, of Tampa.
Corn was arrested and charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, re- sisting arrest without vio- lence, discharging a firearm in public or on residential property, and harassing a witness.
Corn was transported to the Hillsborough County Jail, and was later Baker Acted, police said.
After Standoff
Man Killed In Police Shooting Identified
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The Plant City Police De- partment has released the name of a man killed in a shooting last Thursday. He has been identified as 35- year-old Jesus Cervantes, of Plant City.
According to police, a 9-1- 1 call for assistance was transferred to the depart- ment from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. The call was received at 5 a.m., Thursday.
The unidentified caller, who police said they believe was Cervantes, told the dis- patcher that he needed police because he had been chased for the past two hours. The caller did not reveal who was chasing him. As the dis- patcher attempted to gather more information, the man stopped talking, but left the telephone line open.
During this time, an un- known man’s voice could be heard in the background. At various times, the man was grunting, crying, and scream- ing. Meanwhile attempts by police to locate the man were unsuccessful.
As police continued to search for the man, they learned that he had called from a mobile phone. Offi- cers were sent to the areas where the caller was last
JESUS CERVANTES
known to be. However, the caller disconnected the phone call before he could be positively located, police said.
Dispatchers attempted to reconnect with the caller, but were not successful.
As the officers combed the area searching for the man, an officer observed a black Nissan traveling at a high rate of speed. The driver of the vehicle reportedly at- tempted to run the officer off the road, the spokesman said.
At that point, the infor- mation was relayed to other officers in the area. The offi- cers deflated the tires on the vehicle in an attempt to dis- able it. However, the driver continued driving westbound on Coronet Road, at the in-
tersection of Park Road and E. Alsobrook Street.
At some point, the driver lost control of the vehicle and drove onto the property of the BP Gas Station, 1908 E. Alsobrook Street.
As the officers sur- rounded the vehicle, they is- sued several commands for the man, who was alone in the vehicle, to show his hands and get out of the car.
But the driver of the vehi- cle is alleged to have gone into the driver’s side rear door of the vehicle to obtain an unknown object.
At that point, two officers in fear of their lives, opened fire, shooting the man several times. Neither of the two offi- cers involved in the shooting were injured.
The officers involved in the shooting have been iden- tified as Officer Gerald Baker, a 12-year veteran, and Officer Derek Hart- mann, a 4-year veteran of the Plant City Police Depart- ment.
Both officers have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of investigations by the Florida Department of Law Enforce- ment and the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Of- fice.
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