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Man Fatally Stabbed By Girlfriend’s Son
District Court Throws
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigat- ing the fatal stabbing of a 39- year-old man last Tuesday to determine if criminal charges should be filed.
Octavius Dean Ware
was stabbed by his girl- friend’s son about 2:30 a.m. on April 19th after an argu- ment at an apartment at 1602 Harvard Woods Drive, Brandon, according to inves- tigators.
Investigators said Ware was arguing with his girl- friend when her 20-year-old son intervened. The son armed himself with a small paring knife and the two men went outside. Ware report- edly pushed the other man and then swung at him with a closed fist, but missed, deputies said.
Ware then reportedly charged at the son who stabbed Ware in the sto- mach. He died at a local hos- pital. Because the son hasn’t
Of Brandon Man
OCTAVIUS DEAN WARE
been charged, officials did not release his name or the name of his mother.
Ware was an athlete at Jefferson High School in the early 1990s as a member of their football team, and was on the All-County honorable mention list.
The 2nd District Court of Appeal has thrown out the murder conviction of a Bran- don man. The court granted Trevor Dooley a new trial.
Dooley, now 75, was arrested in Septem- ber 2010 after he shot and killed 41-year-old David James. The two men became in- volved in an argument over the use of a skateboard on the basketball court at the Twin Lakes Recreation Park across the street from Dooley’s home.
Dooley, who was 69, at the time of his arrest, was charged with manslaughter with a weapon.
Following the verdict, Dooley was sen- tenced to serve 8 years in prison. He surren- dered and began serving his sentenced in January 2013. The Florida Department of Corrections website said Dooley is currently being housed at the Suwannee Correctional Institution, a minimum security facility.
Dooley claimed he shot James in self de- fense. But, his stand your ground defense was rejected.
Last Friday, the Court ruled that the attor- ney representing Dooley at the trial failed to make a legal argument and was ineffec- tive.
The justices wrote, State law “did not con-
TREVOR DOOLEY
... Charged with murder in 2010
dition stand your ground immunity on whether the defendant was engaged in un- lawful activity.”
The comment was made because the State had contended that Dooley had brandished the gun before the shooting.
Dooley’s original trial was held in 2012. A new trial date had not been set.
Out Murder Conviction
City Council Delays Vote On BP Funds For Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park
An artist's rendering of a splash pad proposed for Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park.
BY LEON B. CREWS Sentinel Staff Writer
On Thursday, the City Council was supposed to vote on whether they would ap- prove the Mayor’s choice to use $15 million from the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill Fund to partially fund the renovation of Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park.
On Wednesday, it was de- cided that the items would be pulled from the agenda for Thursday’s regular session. Due to the absence of Coun- cilman Frank Reddick from Thursday’s meeting, Council members an- nounced they were split on
whether to approve using the funds for the park, and would rather a full Council vote on the issue.
One of the items pulled was a Resolution that would have authorized an agree- ment between the City of Tampa and Skanska USA Building, Inc. in the amount of $35,497,427 for Construc- tion Management at Risk Services with a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP).
All of the items will be put on the May 5th agenda at which time a vote will be taken on whether to approve the use of the funds from the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill.
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