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Crime
Teenager Arrested After Crashing Car Into Pool
KOREE STANTON
Tampa Police arrested a 17- year-old after he reportedly crashed a car into a swimming pool Wednesday.
Police said Koree Stanton struck an occupied vehicle at North Ola and Country Club, then fled the scene of a traffic crash with minor injuries.
Police said Stanton drove in a reckless manner, and lost control of his vehicle. He con- tinued to travel through a pri- vacy fence and screen enclosure and came to rest in the back- yard pool at 10507 North Otis.
After the crash, Stanton was able to get out of the sub- merged car uninjured and wait for police. A dive team arrived to assist in removing the car from the pool, the total damage in the incident is in excess of $30,000.
Stanton was charged with reckless driving, leaving the scene of a traffic crash, and driving without a valid license. He was transported to the Ju- venile Assessment Center.
Fraud Suspect Sought
Man Arrested For Operating A Marijuana Grow House
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reports that on June 4th between 5:45 p. m. and 7:45 p.m., unknown sus- pects broke into several vehi- cles parked in the area of Parsons Avenue and Robert- son Street in Brandon.
The suspects took purses other visible items from the vehicles.
On June 5th, deputies said an unknown female tried to cash a stolen check in Plant City by using one of the Bran- don burglary victim’s informa- tion. The check had been reportedly stolen from Lake-
land on June 3rd during a string of vehicle burglaries at a public park.
The white or Hispanic fe- male suspect is believed to be in her 20s, possibly wearing a black wig and driving an un- known make or model 4-door sedan.
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 suspect in this case.
Call Crime Stoppers at 1- 800-873-8477.
On June 8th at 8 p.m., Hills- borough County Sheriff’s deputies executed a warrant at 15901 Timberwood Drive. During the search it was con- firmed that the residence was being used to facilitate a mari- juana grow operation.
Deputies seized 237 pounds of marijuana and a 2007 Suzuki SUV. The street value of the marijuana seized is $240,000.
Ramon Soto Machado,
60, was arrested and charged with own, lease or rent for the purpose of trafficking, posses- sion of a listed chemical with intent, trafficking in mari- juana, manufacture of mari-
RAMON SOTO MACHADO
juana, grand theft and posses- sion of drug paraphernalia.
Stakeout Catches Shoplifters
On May 13th, the Lakeland Police Department began in- vestigating a series of retail thefts from Macy’s Depart- ment Store, 3800 North Road 98. Between May 13th and June 10th, a suspect was seen shoplifting on seven different occasions and each time he was able to elude apprehen- sion. Designer purses and clothing had been stolen which totaled approximately $10,000.
On June 10th, detectives worked with Macy’s Loss Pre- vention by conducting a stake- out of the department store. At 6:45 p. m., two people were seen entering the store and stacking up 26 pair of men’s shorts valued at almost $600. Both suspects worked together during the theft and left the store without paying for the merchandise. To their sur- prise, they were greeted by two detectives and arrested.
Timothy Gillins, 39 was charged with grand theft, and Timethy Harmon, 25, was
TIMOTHY GILLINS
TIMETHY HARMON
charged with grand theft, pos- session of cocaine and posses- sion of drug paraphernalia.
Four People Arrested In Violent Convenient Store Robbery
CEDRIC GRIFFIN
CURTNISHA YOUNG
DOMINIQUE ROBINSON
AJAYSIA SMITH
Robbery
Suspect
Sought
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in identifying a man sus- pected of robbing a store June 7th.
Deputies said at 12:11 a. m., a Hispanic male entered the Ex- press Mart Store at 6812 North 56th Street. The suspect report- edly pointed a short-barreled, semi-automatic shotgun at the clerk and demanded money. The clerk complied and the sus- pect fled south from the store.
The suspect is described a last seen wearing a baseball cap with a red bill, dark colored hoodie and a plaid long sleeved shirt, dark sweat pants with a white stripe down the side, and black and white tennis shoes.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stop- pers t 1-800-873-8477, You may be eligible for a cash re- ward.
Four people, three of them Plant City residents, were ar- rested in what police are de- scribing as a violent robbery at a Lakeland convenience store Tuesday night.
Polk County Sheriff’s deputies said the clerk at a Marathon Convenience Store at 2045 Ariana Street was pis- tol whipped and shots were fired at a witness in the park- ing lot.
Cedric Griffin, 27, was charged with robbery with a
firearm, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, armed bur- glary with assault/battery, and attempted first-degree mur- der. Dominique Robinson, 27, Curtnisha Young, 19, and Ajaysia Smith, 18, were charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery .
An alert deputy spotted the suspects’ car after the robbery on Memorial Boulevard. Deputies said they found a handgun and a large amount of cash inside the vehicle.
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