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July 24, 2009
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There Are 9 Registered Sexual Offenders Living In New Tampa By Michael Smith Our job here at the New Tampa Neighborhood News is to bring you the local news that affects you. Sometimes it’s good, but sometimes it’s bad. As you can see from the photos at right, the bad news in this story is that our area is not exempt from the presence of sexual offenders. The good news is that there are enough resources available to keep you informed about these individuals and help you keep your children and families safe. The statewide sexual offender database maintained by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) shows that there currently are 1,464 registered sexual offenders and predators living in Hillsborough County. Under Florida statutes, there are several offenses which, upon conviction, will qualify an individual as a sexu-
Registered Sexual Offenders Living In Our Distribution Area (Zip Code 33647)
Luis G. Alverez 8730 Tessara Ln.
Corey P. Jeffrey H. Warren Robert H. Maria M. Beahon Brooks Brett Cowie French 10203 9481 High- 17112 Car10883 10405 Devonshire land Oak rington Park Dragonwood Meadow Lake Dr. Dr. #906 Dr. #510 Dr. Spring Dr.
Steven D. Layland 9151 Rockrose Dr.
Ray C. Sassaman 8415 Fenwick Ave.
John T. Stollhaus 8221 Stockton Way
al offender, including: kidnapping, false imprisonment, or luring or enticing a child (where the victim is a minor and the defendant is not the victim’s parent); sexual battery; lewd or lascivious offenses commited in the presence of persons who are less than 16 years old or who are elderly or disabled adults; procuring a person under the age of 18
for prostitution; promoting a sexual performance by a child; possessing, producing or distributing computer pornography involving minors; and buying or selling of minors for the purposes of pornography. Not all sexual offenders are classified as sexual predators, however; that is a special determination that must be made by a judge in
cases where the circumstances warrant it. Conviction means that the person was found guilty, either in a trial or by entering a plea of guilty or “no contest,” whether or not adjudication was withheld in the case. According to Det. Joseph Venero of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s See “Sexual Offenders” on page 4.
According to a TPD report, the shooting took place at around 9:30 p.m. on July 12, when 72-year-old Marcos Trujillo called 911 to report that he had just shot someone who was trying to break into his apartment at 6103 Coral Bay Rd. in the Compton Place at Tampa Palms apartments. Once officers arrived, they found 36-year-old Carlos Humberto Ibanez
Arias lying face down on the ground in a pool of blood outside the residence with a gunshot wound to the upper torso. Attempts to resuscitate Arias were unsuccessful. According to TPD spokesperson Laura McElroy, there was no indication that the two men knew each other, even though Arias also lived in the Compton Place complex, in a different building. She also said that it didn’t appear that he had ever actually entered Trujillo’s apartment. Several of Trujillo’s neighbors, however, reported that they had seen Arias acting strangely earlier in the evening, banging on the windows of cars and other apartments, barking like a dog and turning cartwheels in the parking lot. Others said that when they heard the gunshots, they simply assumed the noise was from fireworks
left over from the Fourth of July. Family and friends of Arias, who could not be reached for comment, told reporters that he was a hardworking, religious man with a wife and children, and that he may actually have been attempting to preach to his neighbors when he was shot, although they could not explain his bizarre behavior. McElroy says that the case has been referred to the State Attorney’s office to determine if the shooting was justified. A decision had not yet been made as this issue was going to press. In 2005, then-Florida Gov. Jeb
Police Investigating Shooting Death In Tampa Palms
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Investigators with the Tampa Police Department (TPD) and the Hillsborough State Attorney’s office are trying to determine whether an elderly Tampa Palms man was justified in shooting another man to death who he thought was trying to break into his apartment.
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