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Memoriams
Crime
Police Search For Two In Robbery, Shooting
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAM
MRS. PATRICIA THOMAS 8-14-1959
Forever remembered, forever missed, and for- ever loved!
Happy Birthday to you, from your family and friends here on Earth. We hope and pray you have a Heavenly Birthday!
Ron, Ronald, Jr., Travis, Alonzo, Joseph, Joshua, Latorshia, Kenza, family and friends.
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAM
MRS. GLORIA BOGAN August 13, 1951 – April 11, 2012
Not a day goes by when I don’t think of you, love you, or miss you. I thank God that I was blessed to be your daughter,
Happy Birthday, Mother!
Love, your only daugh- ter, Sherria Hayes-Lewis and Ronald Lewis; your only son, Earl McKinley, aka, “Bomba” and Tasha Jones; your grandkids, Kesha, Marcus, Bruce, Bre, Lil Bomba, and Ter- rell; great-grandkids, Braxton, Lil Bruce, Bryce, Edward, Mariel; your sis- ter, Evangelist Bettie Bogan-Viverette and Ed- ward; brothers, Jimmy, Gerald, Frank and Larry; the rest of the Bogan and McNish family.
Gone, but never for- gotten.
Detectives with the Bartow Police Department are searching for two men in con- nection with an armed rob- bery and shooting. The incident took place last Thursday.
According to police, the victims are from another country and in the United States as part of a student ex- change program. The victims began communicating with a person on Facebook about the purchase of a cell phone. The victims were eventually lured to Azalea Gardens, 1050, Golfview Avenue, in Bartow, to complete the transaction.
However, when the two victims arrived, they were robbed at gunpoint, pistol whipped, and shots were fired at them. The victims sus- tained lacerations to their heads as a result of being pis-
JONATHAN L. VAUGHN ... Wanted for robbery
tol whipped.
Detectives said their in-
vestigation led them to Jonathan L. Vaughn, 21, as one of the suspects. Vaughn is facing charges of 2 counts armed robbery with a firearm, 2 counts of aggra- vated assault with a deadly weapon possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and discharging a firearm in
SECOND ROBBERY SUSPECT
public.
Detectives have not identi-
fied the second suspect. How- ever, they have released a photograph of him from so- cial media.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to con- tact Heartland Crime Stop- pers at 1-800-226-TIPS or www.heartlandcrimestop- pers.com.
8 Indicted For Conspiracy To Distribute Drugs
Last week, U. S. Attor- ney Maria Chapa Lopez announced the return of an indictment charging 8 people with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, in- cluding heroin. If convicted, they face penalties ranging from 40 years to life in fed- eral prison.
Those indicted were: Rodolfo Quiles, 33, Melissa Vasquez, 28, and Alejandro Ortiz-Mendez, a/k/a “Andrew,” 43, all of Tampa.
California residents who were indicted are: Gil William Garcia-Libran, a/k/a “Giwi,” 48, Stephen Johnson, 25, and Mauri-
cio Ojeda, a/k/a “Pari- ente,” 39, all of San Diego, CA. Eduardo Trujillo, a/k/a/ “B.E.T.,” 38, of Chula Vista, CA, and Melissa Day Swycaffer, 22, of National City, CA, were also indicted.
According to court docu- ments, the defendants were part of a drug-trafficking or- ganization that shipped kilo- gram-quantities of heroin, fentanyl, and other controlled substances from California to Florida and other east coast destinations for distribution. During the investigation, agents seized multiple kilo- grams of drugs that were des- tined for central Florida.
DEATH LISTING
AIKENS FUNERAL HOME
Mrs. Jeanene Barnes, Tampa Mrs. Sara Wright, Tampa
HARMON FUNERAL HOME
Sister Sarah Evans Lewis Edwards, Tampa
Mrs. Carolyn Lee, Tampa
Mr. Richard Peterson, Tampa
WILSON FUNERAL HOME
Jeanette Biggs, Tampa
Ereka James, Bradenton, FL Marsha R. Phelicien, Tampa Carlos Byron Smith, Tampa Thomas J. Spitler, Tampa Dorothy Watson, Tampa
RAY WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME
Catherine Byrd, Brandon Charlie Mae Daniels, Tampa Ethel McKenize, Tampa
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