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Crime
Melee At Temple Terrace Publix Involves Employees, Customers
Deputies Arrest Armed Robbery Suspect
LEON LIGHTBODY ... confronted angry customer
According to a spokesper- son for Publix, a melee at their Temple Terrace Store last week involved employees and customers.
The fight broke out at the Deli counter and resulted in the arrest of one man.
According to reports, the fight broke out September 18th at the store, 5450 East Busch
The brawl inside a Publix Store in Temple Terrace.
Hillsborough County Sher- iff’s deputies reported that on September 22nd at 7:30 p. m., Paul Perez walked into the Wal-Mart, 14941 Dale Mabry Highway and went to the Electronics section.
Perez reportedly used a knife to remove an anti-theft device from the shelf contain- ing the cell phones and pulled a Samsung Galaxy phone from the packaging and pro- ceeded to walk towards the exit.
When Perez was con- fronted by a Wal-Mart Loss Prevention employee, Perez reportedly pulled out a hand- gun and pointed it at the em- ployee before he turned and fled the store.
Deputies were already on the scene for an unrelated shoplifting call when they were notified by Loss Preven- tion of the incident. Patrol deputies immediately called for additional assistance in- cluding K-9 and aviation units.
At 7:45 p. m., deputies searching the surrounding area spotted Perez inside Jersey Mike’s Sandwich Shop running towards the rear of the restaurant. As deputies
PAUL PEREZ
entered the sandwich shop, Perez emerged from the men’s restroom and sat in a booth and surrendered. He was arrested without inci- dent.
Deputies searched the rest- room and found a .22 caliber handgun in the trash can. The stolen cell phone was found on Perez.
Perez was booked into jail and is being held without bond on charges of armed robbery with a firearm, aggra- vated assault with a firearm, resisting arrest or detention in retail theft, tampering with physical evidence, and pos- session or use of anti-shoplift- ing device.
Boulevard, after a customer ordering chicken wings got angry at a deli employee and another employee came to her defense.
According to authorities, another customer Leon Lightbody, 25, confronted the angry customer, and a fight
broke out. Other customers joined in while employees tried to break up the fight.
Lightbody was later ar- rested on a battery charge as well as a probation violation related to a 2014 grand theft and burglary case. He is in jail being held without bond.
Suspect Sought In Attempted Carjacking
Temple Terrace Police are investigating an attempted carjacking at an apartment complex that occurred last Friday morning.
Police said shortly before 8 a.m., they received a call re- garding a possible robbery at Fisherman’s Landing Apart- ments, 8701 Angler’s Pointe Drive. At the scene, investi- gators learned that a Black
man, 5’10” tall wearing a black ski mask and black clothing had approached a woman seated in her car in the parking lot.
The man demanded her car keys, and when the woman refused, the suspect reportedly pulled out a gun and demanded she lie on the ground as he tried to pull her from the car. The woman
pushed back and screamed, and that drew the attention of other residents in the com- plex.
The suspect fled the scene in a newer model black Lexus ES with a stolen tag, 758HXI. The victim was not injured.
Anyone with information about this crime should con- tact Temple Terrace Police at (813) 989-7110.
Man Indicted In Labor Day Slayings Of Palmetto Brothers
Former Charity Employee Charged With Making False Statements
Earlier this week, U. S.
Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced the filing of an information and plea agree- ment charging Sandra K. Shepherd, 53, of Tampa, with making a false statement to the Social Security Admin- istration.
According to court docu- ments, Ms. Shepherd began volunteering at HARC in 2010, and she was later hired to work as a HARC client finance manager. As a client finance manager, one of Ms. Shepherd’s duties was to annually assist the HARC CFO in completing and submitting to the Social Security Administration a Representative Payee Report for each developmentally dis- abled HARC client for whom HARC had acted as a Repre- sentative Payee.
In March 2011, Ms. Shepherd learned that cer- tain HARC clients’ Social Se- curity Administration funds had been wrongfully diverted by HARC executives from the clients for other purposes. Ms. Shepherd raised the wrongful diversion of the clients’ funds with the CFO.
Ms. Shepherd also dis- cussed the diversion of the funds with the prior HARC CFO, who likewise acknowl- edged the wrongfulness of the diversion.
Ms. Shepherd is alleged to have continued to com- plete false and fraudulent Representative Payee Reports and stated that Social Secu- rity Administration benefits had been spent solely for par- ticular HARC clients when that was not the case. Ms. Shepherd then provided the
fraudulent payee reports to the HARC CFO for signature and mailed the reports to the Social Security Administra- tion.
The Hillsborough Achievement and Resource Centers (HARC), formerly the Hillsborough Association for Retarded Citizens, pro- vides services to disabled in- dividuals. Many of its clients lack the capacity to manage their own finances.
If convicted, Ms. Shep- herd faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000. In her plea agree- ment, Ms. Shepherd has also agreed to make full resti- tution to the Social Security Administration program (So- cial Security Administration), or its designee. No sentencing date has been set.
DEVIN CHANDLER
On Tuesday, a 25-year-old Tampa man was indicted in the murders of two brothers during a Labor Day robbery at a Palmetto convenience store.
U. S. Marshals arrested Devin Chandler at his home September 8th, a day after Khasem Yousef, 23, and his brother, Faares Yousef, 17, were fatally shot as they worked at a store on September 7th. A grand jury indicted Chandler on two counts of first-degree murder.
Surveillance video showed Chandler entering the Snappy Quick Store, 559 17th Street, West, and use a hand- gun to shoot he brothers, ac- cording to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. Chandler then jumped over the counter and took money
KHASEM YOUSEF AND FAARES YOUSEF
from the register and ciga- rettes from a rack before leav- ing, deputies said.
Deputies were called when a customer walked into the store and found the bodies of the two brothers.
At some point, investiga- tors said Chandler went home, where his mother, who heard about the shootings, asked if he was involved. Chandler reportedly denied shooting the men, and left the home, but later called his mother and told her he messed up and would not be coming back. Chandler’s mother identified her son from the surveillance video, deputies said.
If convicted, Chandler faces a possible life sentence or death.
Uncle Sandy
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