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Crime
Man Gets 6 Years For Buying
Detectives Investigate Deputy Involved Shooting
Cadillac With Stolen Identity
Detectives with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office are in- vestigating a deputy involved shooting after a man pointed a gun at a detective Wednesday.
According to reports, the in- cident occurred at a residence, 1640 Alcaza Way, South in St. Petersburg.
Detectives said members of their Violent Offender Warrant Unit received information that 26-year-old Xavier Williams was hiding inside a residence. He had several active felony warrants that included armed robbery, kidnapping, and pos- session of Alprazolam. Williams had additional out-
Man In Custody After Infant’s Death
ERIC PATRICK NERI
According to authorities in Bradenton, Eric Patrick Neri, 21, turned himself in to police Wednesday morning. He faces arrest warrants for sec- ond-degree child neglect with great harm and third-degree child abuse without great harm. Both are felony charges.
Officers responded to Man- atee Memorial Hospital Tues- day after being notified about the death of an infant.
Investigators said Neri had been watching the baby and a 3-year-old child. There is no cause of death yet on the child, and no other information was available at press time.
Gun Found On Student
According to St. Petersburg Police, on Tuesday just before 3 p. m., a probation officer vis- iting Lakewood High School told the School Resource Offi- cer that Zacchariah Roland, 15, had two outstanding war- rants for his arrest for tres- passing and disorderly conduct/criminal mischief.
When the School Resource Officer searched Roland, he allegedly found a loaded hand- gun hidden under his clothing. Roland was charged with possession of a weapon on school property.
On Monday, a federal judge sentenced an Alabama resident to 6 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to access device fraud and aggravated identity theft on June 6, 2016.
U. S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday sen- tenced Terrell Tramone Brown, 48, to 6 years and 8 months in prison.
According to court docu- ments, Brown’s Florida crime spree began August 28th of last year when he pur- chased a 2015 Cadillac Es- calade for $102,024.15 from Dimmitt Cadillac, in Clearwa- ter. At the time of the pur- chase, Brown used counterfeit Kentucky driver’s license bearing another per- son’s information, including that person’s date of birth, and Social Security number. The driver’s license had Brown’s photograph on it.
Investigators made con- tact with that person who now lives in Texas on Febru- ary 19, 2016. He told police he never gave anyone permis- sion to use his information to secure a loan and that he did not know Brown.
Brown was stopped driv- ing the Escalade in Hernando County on February 23, 2016. He was taken into custody for violation of supervised re- lease of an earlier federal con- viction for counterfeiting, officials said.
A search of the vehicle re-
TERRELL TRAMONE BROWN
sulted in police seizing coun- terfeit checks, blank check stock, miscellaneous mail ad- dressed to C. W. in Tampa, and numerous counterfeit Florida and Kentucky driver’s licenses with Brown’s photo on them.
Police also confiscated several counterfeit Veterans Affairs IDs with Brown’s picture on them, bank ac- count documents matching the names on the counterfeit driver’s licenses and IDs, mis- cellaneous personal identifi- able information in the form of names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers, counterfeit and re-encoded credit cards, a credit card skimmer, and numerous computers, devices, and smart phones.
A search of Brown’s de- vices revealed that he had previously attempted to pur- chase a 2015 Dodge Charger for $49,169.14 and a 2014 Range Rover for $93,679.89, using stolen identities.
XAVIER WILLIAMS
standing criminal charges that included domestic battery by strangulation and criminal mis- chief.
When detectives arrived at the residence, they made con- tact with Williams’ father, Earl Alston, 65. He confirmed Williams was inside the resi- dence.
Det. Chris Cramer ob- served Williams trying to con- ceal himself, and challenged Williams giving him verbal commands to show his hands. Williams reportedly disre- garded Cramer’s commands and stood up, reaching into his waistband. Williams report- edly pulled out a handgun and pointed it at Cramer. Cramer feared for his life, and fired his
EARL ALSTON
handgun at Williams, missing him.
Williams fell to the ground and surrendered. He was taken into custody and the handgun was recovered on the ground underneath him.
Detectives said the handgun they took from Williams was previously stolen in a residen- tial burglary.
Williams was charged with aggravated assault on a law en- forcement officer, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and other charges.
Detectives also arrested Al- ston and charged him with being an accessory after the fact for intentionally harboring Williams, who was a wanted felon.
Convenience Store Shotgun Robber Sentenced To 46 Years
Police Seek Suspect In Double Shooting At Park
JOSHUA ANTHONY RIVERA
On Friday, a federal judge sentenced an Orlando man to 46 years in prison. He was con- victed of committing several armed robberies.
U. S. District Judge Char- lene Edwards Honeywell sentenced 29-year-old Joshua Anthony Rivera to 46 years in federal prison. He was con- victed after a jury trial on March 10, 2016.
According to court docu- ments, Rivera committed sev- eral robberies between June 7 and June 17, 2015. The cases were investigated by the Hills- borough County Sheriff’s Of- fice, the Plant City Police Department, the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, and the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office.
Rivera was convicted of robbing three convenience
stores and a grocery store.
Officials said Rivera entered the businesses armed with a short-bar-
reled shot-
gun. After
robbing the
businesses,
Rivera escaped in a Ford Ex- pedition.
At the time of his arrest in July 2015 at a hotel, police seized shoes reportedly worn in the robberies, clothing, and a Ford Expedition that was re- portedly used in at least two of the robberies. Rivera was also captured on video during the commission of the crimes.
JOETAVIUS DEON WHITSON
St. Petersburg police are investigating an early- Wednesday morning shoot- ing involving two men.
According to police, Joetavius Deon Whitson, 24, was shot by a suspect de- scribed as a Black man while a second Black male stood by. As the shooting was taking place, Willie Day Brown, 29, reportedly drove up. The suspect then began shooting at Brown, who fled the scene after being hit by gunfire. Brown, who was hit by gun- fire, fled the scene. He drove himself to an area hospital, where he was treated for non- life threatening injuries.
WILLIE DAY BROWN
After interviewing Brown and determining where the shooting took place, officers went to Bay Vista Park. When they ar- rived, they found Whitson. He was transported to a local hospital, where he underwent surgery. His condition is re- ported to be critical, but sta- ble.
The motive for the shoot- ing is unclear, and detectives will be interviewing Whit- son when he is able to speak.
There are no identifiable suspects or witnesses at this time, and police did not say if the shooter in both incidents was the same person.
Uncle Sandy
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