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Crime
Teenagers Being Sought In Murder Of Tampa Man
Police Search For Endangered Teenager
SARAH JEAN DELVA
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is currently at- tempting to locate a missing teenager. She was reported missing last Thursday.
According to police, Sarah Jean Delva, 17, was last seen between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. in front of her residence on Long Cypress Drive, in Ruskin.
Police said she is considered endangered because of a note she left behind.
She is described as being 5’6” tall and weighing 12o pounds. She was last seen wearing a summer dress and carrying a large white purse with a flower on it. She also had a blanket and headphones.
As of press time, Delva was still missing.
Anyone with any information pertaining to the whereabouts of the teenager is asked to con- tact the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office at (813) 247- 8200.
Former State Rep. Convicted On Fraud Charges
Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a reward of up to $3,000 for information about a murder. The murder took place on August 22nd, at approxi- mately 12:40 a.m.
According to the Tampa Po- lice Department, Curtis Cun- ningham, Jr., 33, was entering a vehicle at the intersection of North Tampa Street and E. Adalee when three unidentified Black male teenagers confronted him and his friends.
A physical altercation took place and at some point, one of the teens shot Cunningham. After the shooting, the suspects ran north from Adalee Street.
The suspects are described as being between the ages of 12 years and 16-years-old, and being between 5’4” and 5’6” tall. Police are asking anyone with any information leading to the identity and arrest of the sus- pects to contact Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at 1-800-873- TIPS, or www.crimestopper-
CURTIS CUNNINGHAM, JR. 7/28/1984 to 8/22/2017
stb.com.
Crime Stoppers of Tampa
Bay is offering a reward of up to $3,000 for information leading to the arrest of the suspects. Callers can remain anonymous.
A federal jury found a former State Representative guilty of 9 counts of wire fraud. The trial ended last Thursday. He is scheduled to be sentenced on November 16, 2017.
According to evidence pre- sented at trial, Dwayne L. Tay- lor, 49, of Daytona Beach, ran for re-election in 2012 and 2014. During those campaigns, he falsely reported thousands of dollars of expenditures to the state in order to conceal his mis- appropriation of more than $60,000 in campaign funds.
Officials said Taylor used a series of unreported cash with- drawals, checks written to him- self, and checks written to petty cash. This was in violation of Florida law. He is accused of using the funds for personal ex- penditures that were unrelated to his re-election campaigns.
According to Florida law, all
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DWAYNE L. TAYLOR
campaign contributions and ex- penditures must be reported to the State of Florida. The law stipulates that a candidate or his or her spouse may use funds de- posited in a campaign account to defray normal living expenses.
Taylor is facing a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each count.
Men Involved In Shootout At Motel Being Sought
Free XXXTentacion Concert Cancelled In Ybor
A crowd of about 2,500 outside the Ybor City venue, Orpheum gathered to see XXXTentacion.
MAN IN BLACK
The Tampa Police Depart- ment is currently trying to iden- tify two men involved in a shootout. The incident took place following an altercation on August 23rd.
According to police, the two men were in the stairwell at the Travelodge, 2901 E. Busch Blvd. At some point, a man dressed in a red shirt and a man dressed in a black shirt exchanged gunfire. Police said they have not re-
MAN IN RED
ceived any reports of anyone being injured.
The man in the red shirt was driving a gray or silver Buick. A light colored or silver Mitsubishi has been associated with the man in the black shirt. The driver is unknown.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at 1-800-873-TIPS or www.crimestopperstb.com.
A large crowd of fans were turned away from a free concert by rapper, XXXTentacion, real name, Jahseh Onfroy in Ybor City at the Orpheum Sat- urday night.
The Broward County rapper attracted a crowd that report- edly approached a few thousand.
Onfroy announced the free concert earlier this week via In- stagram and Twitter.
Fan videos showed a black BMW carrying the rapper pull up to the Orpheum before being swarmed by fans whose force broke a side mirror off the car.
According to Tampa police, the promoter canceled the show "based on the number of people that were showing up." Officers soon came to break up the crowd.
Fan videos and photos show dozens of Tampa officers, at some points standing in a line to block or move parts of the
crowd. At least one officer car- ried what appeared to be a less- than-lethal beanbag shotgun.
After the cancellation, On- froy posted a series of videos to Instagram in which he said: "Tampa, my deepest apologies, I drove all the way down here, I drove four hours just to basically have the show canceled on me. Apparently because it was over capacity, there was at least 3,000 to 4,000 of you outside, and . . . the venue only could support 750. As far as the new free show, I'm going to try to and get a free show going, but that was the only venue that wanted to work with me, but you just bear with me, I'm going to try to work this out. For now the show is canceled, not due to my choice, it was just the venue, and the fire marshal said we could not do the show, so the show is canceled, I apologies, my deep- estapologies."
UNCLE SANDY SAYS
Freedom is never more 6, 18, 20, 25 than one gen- eration away from extinc- tion. 12, 17, 27, 37 We didn't pass it to our chil- dren in the bloodstream. 9, 11, 14, 22 It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. 28, 34, 41, 51.
Elderly Man Charged With Murder
A 68-year-old man was ar- rested Friday and charged with second-degree murder. He is ac- cused of stabbing his 59-year- old roommate to death.
According to the St. Peters- burg Police Department, Willie Jefferson and his roommate became engaged in an argument that led to a physical altercation. During the fight, Jefferson al- legedly stabbed the other man, who died as a result of his in- juries at the scene.
Police have not identified the victim, pending notification of his next of kin.
WILLIE JEFFERSON
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