A Brandon couple are facing charges relating to cannabis cultivation after sheriff's deputies were called to the home to investigate a complaint of a loud television.Deputies were called to the residence of Eduardo Jesus Estevez-Aguilera, aged 34, and Barbara Ann...
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Month: November 2016
Clearwater Man Charged with Boating Under the Influence After Alleged String of Collisions on Water
Two broken boats and an obliterated dock were left in the wake of a Clearwater man who, according to police, took to the waters in his own vessel on Thanksgiving in a state of impairment brought on by an excess of alcoholic beverages.Forty-four-year-old Robert Clark...
Florida Supreme Court Verdict Again Throws State Capital Punishment Sentencing Laws Into Question
Richard P. Franklin was sentenced to death by a 9-3 vote for a murder he committed in 2012. On Wednesday the Florida Supreme Court sent his case back for resentencing, declaring that a non-unanimous jury recommendation was unconstitutional. Though the implications for...
Tampa Man Charged with Stabbing Death of Father
A Tampa man was arrested early this morning after authorities allege that he stabbed his father to death.Da'Mon Timothy Rashaad Larry was booked into the Hillsborough County Jail at half past four this morning and is being held without bond on a charge of...
St. Petersburg Brothers’ First-Degree Murder Case Goes to Jury
A Pinellas county jury began deliberating the fate of two St. Petersburg brothers earlier today. The defense rested after making its closing arguments in the first-degree murder trial of Shirune and Gregory Green, both of whom are on trial for the slaying of Floyd...
Allegedly Impaired Driver Charged with Killing St. Petersburg Crossing Guard
Police say a man who appeared to be impaired while driving struck and killed a 72-year-old crossing guard on Tuesday in St. Petersburg.According to law enforcement, crossing guard David Roundtree was preparing school zone cones on Ninth Avenue N near 43rd Street at...
Bradenton Rapper Receives Sentence Commutation from President Obama
A Bradenton rapper sentenced to life in 2008 on a charge of cocaine possession was one of seventy-two recipients of a commutation from President Obama last week.Antonio Lee Alls, known in the music community as Tampa Tony, was arrested in 2006 after accepting delivery...
Clearwater Man Out on Bail on Vehicular Homicide Charges Arrested Again After Allegedly Absconding
A man from Clearwater who is awaiting trial on charges for initiating a car crash that took the life of a school crossing guard was arrested on Friday after he allegedly fled from police while in possession of illegal drugs.Julious Ramone Johnson is currently being...