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Crime
Clerk Kills Suspect In Attempted Armed Robbery
Just past noon Tuesday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said a man wearing a bandana over his face and armed with a handgun tried to rob a man who was standing behind Ace Beverage Castle, 9401 South Highway 301 in Riverview.
The victim reportedly told 24-year-old Joel Alberto Torres he had nothing to give, and as a result he was report- edly forced into an office door- way inside the Ace Beverage Castle.
Deputies said Torres, still armed with a handgun, tried robbing the owners of the busi- ness as they sat inside their of- fice. One of the business owners reportedly produced his own handgun and shot Torres several times. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead
JOEL ALBERTO TORRES
on arrival.
Detectives are still examin-
ing evidence and completing their interviews. When that’s completed, they will turn everything over to the State At- torney’s Office.
Man Charged With Stabbing His Uncle To Death
Man Stabs Ex-Girlfriend And New Boyfriend While Sleeping
Bradenton Police said a man broke into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment and stabbed her and her new boyfriend while they were sleeping.
According to police, the inci- dent occurred last Friday just before 5 a .m. at the City Walk Apartments, 1911 5th Street, West.
Police said Alexander Mar- tinez-Ulloa broke into the apartment of his ex-girlfriend while she was sleeping, stab- bing her and her new boyfriend.
The boyfriend was stabbed several times as he struggled to fend off the attack.
During the altercation, police said the woman tried to escape to a nearby apartment, but Martinez-Ulloa followed her and pushed her down a stair- well. After she fell to the ground, police said he kicked and punched her several times
ALEXANDER MARTINEZ- ULLOA
before fleeing.
Both victims suffered from
multiple stab wounds and other non-life threatening in- juries. They were treated for their injuries at a local hospital.
Ulloa was later found, ar- rested, and charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count of burglary.
Mother Of One Of Three Girls Who Drowned Files Lawsuit
YASHICA CLEMMONS .....mother of Dominique Battle.
FRED WINTONS
St. Petersburg Police are in- vestigating a domestic-related homicide from Wednesday evening.
Investigators said Willie Wintons, 55, stabbed his uncle, Fred Wintons, 70, in- side an apartment in the 6100 block of Lynn Lake Drive,
WILLIE WINTONS .....charged with stabbing his uncle to death.
South. Officers arrived on the scene at 3:30 p.m.
Fred Wintons was trans- ported to a local hospital where he died a short time later.
Willie Wintons is in cus- tody and has been charged with second-degree murder.
Yashica Clem-
mons, the
mother of 16-year-old Do- minique
M. Battle,
has decided
to sue the Pinellas
County Sheriff’s Office.
Battle, along with Ashaunti Butler, 15 and Laniya Miller, 15, drowned inside of a car after police al- legedly pursued them into a cemetery in Pinellas County. The driver of the vehicle drove into a retention pond, thinking it was just a grassy field, in an
attempt to reach nearby I-275. Clemmons and the Demo- cratic Uhuru Movement have been critical of the Sheriff’s Of- fice version of events after the car plunged in the pond on
March 31st.
Other activists in St. Peters-
burg said they feel not only did the deputies not do enough, they created a smear campaign against the teenagers by dis- cussing their prior criminal his- tory.
Clemmons, speaking through her attorney, said they are likely to file a wrongful death suit.
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said the agency stands by its investigation into the police response to the al- leged stolen car and the actions of deputies after the crash.
DOMINIQUE BATTLE
Suspects Sought In Road Rage Incident
The Tampa Police Depart- ment is still asking for help in locating the SUV involved in what appeared to be a road rage incident with a group of motorcycle riders Monday night on the Howard Franklin Bridge.
One of the motorcycle riders, Andrew Norris, 27, suffered a non-life threatening gunshot wound to his leg.
Police said the incident oc- curred shortly before 10 p.m. The group of motorcycle riders told police that as they crossed the Howard Franklin Bridge heading toward Tampa, they were cut off in traffic by an SUV.
The motorcycles and the SUV continued on to the Tampa side of the bridge and stopped near the Kennedy Boulevard/Air- port exit, where there was a physical altercation between someone in the SUV and one of the motorcyclist. The person from the SUV reportedly went back to the vehicle and return with a gun and started firing,
ANDREW NORRIS .....wounded in road rage incident.
striking Norres in the ankle. The SUV appeared to be a red or maroon Ford Edge and reportedly left the scene head- ing north on I-275. The SUV then cut over to get onto the Kennedy/Airport exit and struck another vehicle, causing
minor damage.
Anyone with information is
asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-8477.
Woman Wounded By Stray Bullet Coming Home From Church
Late Sunday, Patricia Upson was driving some friends home from a gospel choir concert when gunfire erupted.
St. Petersburg Police said a bullet pierced her Nissan Rogue’s windshield, but Upson kept driving. It wasn’t until a passenger, Lagloria Johnson, 59, screamed that she realized her friend had been shot in the forearm.
On Monday, police said the shooting occurred at 9:30 p.m. near Shadyside Market, 15th Avenue, South and 42nd Street, and appeared to be ran-
dom.
After the shooting Upson
drove to a nearby friend’s house and called 9-1-1. John- son was transported to a local hospital.
Upson, 72, told police she and Johnson have been friends for 20 years, and they were coming from Most Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church on 15th Avenue, South.
Upson and the other pas- sengers, a 67-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man, were not hurt.
The incident is still under in- vestigation.
UNCLE SANDY SAYS...
Do not dwell in the past, 17, 19, 38, 59 do not dream of the future, 18, 23, 44, 48 concentrate the mind 1, 4, 6, 10 on the present mo- ment. 9, 40, 42, 51, 55
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