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Crime
Suspects Sought
Murder Suspect Sought
After Shot Fired During Frat Party
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has issued an arrest warrant for Gary De- lando Williams, 40, on a charge of first degree murder with a firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm for the March 28th murder of Robert W. Smith.
Crime Stoppers is offering
Hit-And-Run Driver Shot
KEEVON G. SMITH
Tampa Police arrested a suspect in the overnight hit and run that resulted in a shooting. After a thorough in- vestigation, officers charged Keevon Smith, 21, with leaving the scene of a crash and attempting to run over a man with his vehicle.
At 1:15 a. m., police said Smith drove through a park- ing lot inside the Broadmoor Apartments and struck a vehi- cle that belonged to Tyrone Walker, 26, and fled the scene.
Police said Walker got in- side of another vehicle and followed Smith’s vehicle on North 50th Street. He con- fronted Smith when he stopped in the roadway, and police said Smith tried to hit Walker with his vehicle while Walker was trying to exchange information with him.
Walker, who has a con- cealed weapons permit, shot at Smith while he was run- ning out of the moving vehi- cle’s way. Smith sustained a leg wound and drove to the corner of 49th Street and Diana Street and called law enforcement for help. During the investigation, officers de- termined Smith was the sus- pect in the hit and run crash. He was transported to jail after leaving the hospital and charged with leaving the scene of a crash with property damage, and aggravated bat- tery with a deadly weapon.
The State Attorney’s Office will determine if charges are appropriate against Walker or if he was acting in self de- fense.
a reward of up to $3,000 for information that leads to the location and arrest of Williams.
Smith was found shot to death lying near his apart- ment in North Tampa at 10:47 p. m. Investigators re- ported initially they believed the shooting may have been drug related.
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s detectives are searching for armed men they said fired a shot during a fraternity party last week near the campus of the Uni- versity of South Florida.
Deputies said the incident occurred Friday at 3:50 a. m. at the Sunridge Condomini- ums at 5014 Sunridge Palms Drive.
A group of fraternity brothers, Sigma Beta Rho, were hosting a party when there was a knock on the door. When the door was opened, witnesses reported that two men were standing
there, one of them armed with a shotgun.
No words were exchanged and the group immediately tried to close the door. That’s when the second suspect aimed the weapon at the door and reportedly fired one shot.
No one was injured in the incident, and the group was able to close the door and call 9-1-1.
The suspects were de- scribed as Black or Hispanic males in their early 20s.
Anyone with information is asked to call 1-800-873- 8477.
GARY DELANDO WILLIAMS
Man Charged With
Assaulting Pregnant
Authorities Charge Man With Setting Fire
Firefighters arrive for the second time to fight a fire at the Ashford Place Apartments.
On Saturday, March 28th at 7:36 p. m., Tampa Police reported that Christopher Manning, 46, had engaged in a verbal argument with his girlfriend and her daughter.
The threesome report- edly had been living together as a family for the past two weeks.
During the course of the argument, police said Man- ning grabbed his girlfriend by the neck and pushed her daughter.
The daughter is currently 5-months pregnant.
Police were called, and Manning was arrested and charged with aggravated bat-
CHRISTOPHER MANNING
tery on a pregnant female, and battery domestic vio- lence. He is still in custody with his bond set at $17,500.
Woman And Her Mother
Tampa Fire Marshals have released an incident re- port on an arson fire at Ash- ford Place Apartments Monday morning.
According to the report, a known suspect intentionally set fire to the contents of the walk-in closet using a hand held open flame device caus- ing moderate fire damage to the master closet, bedroom, and bath. Other units were damaged by the water used to extinguish the fire. The suspect was charged with first degree arson, and dam- age to the unit and its con- tents is estimated at $22,000.
Investigators said Lester George, Jr., 31, set the fire with his girlfriend and hand- icapped uncle in the next room sleeping.
The fire caused six people to be relocated, including a juvenile.
On Tuesday, March 31st, Tampa Fire Rescue was again called out to the Ashford Place Apartments to respond to a fire. The unit reported to be on fire was the same one
Student To Begin
LESTER GEORGE, JR.
reportedly set fire by George Monday morning.
Investigators reported that the Tuesday night fire was caused due to an unat- tended candle left in the rear closet of the apartment, and caused smoke and fire dam- age inside.
Investigators said that fire was not suspicious as power had been removed from the building after the previous fire and it is likely someone with access to the building was using the candle for light.
Additional damage to the building as estimated to be $1,000.
Jury selection in the mur- der trial of a Tampa man is scheduled to begin on Mon- day. He is accused of fatally injuring a student during an armed robbery.
David Earl Williams, Jr., 25, is accused of ap- proaching Ryan McCall and his friend, Michael Harahan on August 19, 2009, as they walked across the Boulevard Bridge during the early morning hours.
During the commission of the offense, McCall was shot and died from his injuries.
Williams was charged
DAVID EARL WILLIAMS, JR.
with the robbery in May 2012. He was charged with first-degree murder and three counts of armed rob- bery.
Murder Trial Of
University Of Tampa
Uncle Sandy
A man is born alone and dies alone; 15, 23, 33, 40 and he experiences the good and bad consequences 8, 19, 38, 48 of his karma alone; and he goes alone 5, 49, 50, 51 to hell or the Supreme abode. 18, 58, 59, 61
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