The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 26-year-old youth pastor from Openwater Church on sexual battery charges Saturday. According to investigators, Samuel Armand Sutter began a sexual relationship with a female juvenile victim in October 2015. The relationship began as he was the youth pastor at the church the victim attendsContinue Reading
St. Petersburg Police arrested Anthony Ruben Rivera, age 24 , and charged him with manslaughter and leaving the scene of a crash involving the death of 40 year old April Morrow. The crash occurred in the 1500 block of MLK St. South at 3:20 a.m., April 19. April Morrow wasContinue Reading
The man accused of causing the crash that killed a St. Pete mother April Morrow, now faces a manslaughter charge. Morrow’s family says that the charges are not severe enough as the seek “justice for mom.” Rivera, 24, was involved in an altercation with Morrow, 40, and her sister Tina,Continue Reading
After a massive two-day manhunt which included helicopters, K-9s, and dozens of police, the 30-year-old Brandon Goggins finally was apprehended Friday morning. Goggins showed up on Jessica Weightman’s family farm right across from Safety Town, the area where deputies were focusing. He’d spent some of the night in the swamp across the road.Continue Reading
The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office is still searching for Brandon Goggins, described as a “dangerous suspect” will to engage law enforcement with gun fire, according to a witness.Deputies have reopened State Road 52, but the manhunt continues. The Global Dispatch summarized the early details surrounding the case and hunt forContinue Reading
A babysitter working with Care.com has been arrested for showing a 10-year-old boy in his care how to set off chemical acid bombs, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office says. Identified as Joshua Stephen Lapin-Bertone, the Tampa man has been charged with four counts of Making/Placing/Discharging a Destructive Device and four counts of Child AbuseContinue Reading
A Florida man has been arrested in Friday’s murder of Michael Beson at a Plant City gas station. Plant City police report that Xavier Quesean Smith, 19, has been charged with first-degree murder and robbery. Smith attempted to rob Beson, 67, at a Mobil gas station Friday evening while Beson was fuelingContinue Reading
On Wednesday, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) arrested a man for selling narcotics outside a North Himes Ave laundry mat thanks to information via tip 411. 33-year-old Angel Manuel Sanchez Acosta of Tampa was observed by HCSO deputies retrieving a small bleach bottle and removing a plastic bag containing marijuana. Deputies took the suspect intoContinue Reading
In an undisclosed location in Polk County, beginning on Tuesday, March 29, through Monday, April 4, 2016, Polk County Sheriff’s undercover detectives, along with detectives and investigators from other agencies, conducted a week-long undercover investigation targeting online child predators and arrested 18 suspects. “Operation April’s Fools” included detectives and agents fromContinue Reading
Hillsborough County Sheriffs (HCSO) deputies responded to the scene of a residential fire at 906 Homewood Drive in Brandon Sunday. When deputies arrived, the home was partially engulfed in flames and Hillsborough County Fire Rescue personnel were on scene extinguishing the fire. While inside the home, firefighters discovered two rooms convertedContinue Reading
A Florida man pleaded guilty to charges of escape, tampering with evidence, obstructing official police business and resisting arrest in Ohio for biting off his fingerprints in an attempt to avoid being identified after an arrest. Kirk Kelly, a 24-year-old man from Tampa, was arrested during a traffic stop atContinue Reading
