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Cards Of Thanks/Memoriam
THANK YOU
SIS. LESLIE ANN MILLER
The family of Sis. Leslie Ann Miller would like to ex- press our sincere appreciation and gratitude for the many prayers, cards, phone calls, floral arrangements, visits, and all acts of kindness shown to us during the homegoing of our dear loved one. May God bless you all.
~The Allen, Brannon, and Miller families.
HEARTFELT THANKS
ALTON M. WHITE, SR.
Your kind and tender expressions of LOVE brought JOY to us when most needed.
Thanks to Dr. Favorite and our Beulah family, Ronnie McCullough and family, Marvin Knight, Ron Carmichael, MHS Class of ’59, the entire staffs of TGH and Kindred South, Wilson Funeral Home, and many others for benev- olence beyond measure.
The Alton M. White, Sr. family.
A POEM FOR CAROLYN MCCRAY
CAROLYN MCCRAY
She knew her time was coming to put on her heav- enly robe. She prepared me as much as possible to face this unpredictable globe.
I remember her strength and courage to provide for Kevin and me. I remember her days of discipline to be the best man I could be.
I look back on her jour- ney, at times she never spoke aloud. I think about her dreams for me with hopes that I have made her proud.
At Christmas I remi- nisce on the many gifts she had for me. One by one wrapped in care to see my face filled with glee.
I miss her talks of wis- dom that were stern yet priceless as gold. How I wish I could have more of them even now as I grow old.
I reach for her at times knowing that I can’t feel her touch. We didn’t say it often, but we loved each other so much.
When sun brings rain and clouds bring joy there’s a lesson she wants me to learn, that people may fade, and seasons may change, but God’s love will never turn.
Years have passed, some good, some bad, since beholding her beau- tiful face. But her legacy lives on and I continue to stand strong, yet only by God’s Amazing Grace.
Love, your sons, Michael McCray, J.D., and Kevin McCray, Sr., ELEC. Engineer.
Crime
Drug Trafficking Organization Leader Gets 27 Years
Thirteen people convicted of being involved in a drug trafficking operation have been sentenced to federal prison. The organization’s members were sentenced in con- nection with their involvement in an international heroin distribu- tion conspiracy.
During this investigation, in- vestigators seized approximately 6.5 kilograms of heroin, 9 firearms, and approximately $600,000 in drug proceeds.
According to court docu- ments, during the course of the conspiracy, 42-year-old Felix Mejia Lagunas, of California, who officials said oversaw the im- portation of at least 30 kilograms of heroin into the United States from Mexico, received 27 years in prison.
Langunas reportedly oversaw the subsequent transportation of the narcotics to Jesus Alberto Bermudez Caraballo, in Or- lando.
Bermudez Caraballo, 29, provided a portion of the heroin to Jose Carlos Polanco Vasquez, 29; Raul Vicente Espada Ortiz, 40; and Deyvis Lee Echevarria, 30; for redistribution in the Or- lando area where they lived.
Their sentences consisted of: Bermudez Caraballo, 11 years, 3 months; Polanco Vasquez, 12 years, 7 months; Espada Ortiz, 11 years, 3 months; and Echevarria, 10 years, 1 month.
Angel Alexis Alicea, 29, re- portedly transported the remain- ing amount of the heroin from Orlando to the Tampa Bay area where Jose Leonardo Jimenez, 29, Jose Antonio Jimenez Villa, 27, and Jose Antonio Crespo Negron, 30, mixed the narcotics with cutting agents, packaged it for distribution, and
ROBERT KELLY
RACHEL THOMAS
then provided the drugs to street level distributors.
Their sentences consisted of: Leonardo Jimenez, 21 years, 10 months; Jimenez Villa, 10 years; and Crespo Negron, 10 years. They all live in Tampa.
Officials said the street level distributors sold the heroin in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and other cities.
They were identified as: Fred- die Resto, 59, 11 years, 3 months; and Juan Carlos Lopez, 34, 7 years, all of Tampa.
Robert Kelly, 56, 4 years, 9 months; and Rachel Augustine Thomas, 56, 2 years, live in St. Petersburg.
FBI Field Office Special Agent in Charge, Eric W. Sporre, said, “Multi-agency cooperation is criti- cal in combating the expansive opi- ate threat. By combining federal, state and local resources, a major heroin trafficking ring was dis- mantled; removing large quantities of a dangerous drug off the streets.”
Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan said, “This is a perfect ex- ample of the kind of multi-agency teamwork necessary to dismantle these complex conspiracies and bring criminals to justice. Our communities are safer as a result of the work of this task force.”
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