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Keondre Fields, 23, left, and Donterio Fowler, 26, were booked into the Pinellas County jail Monday on charges of first-degree murder.
St. Pete men, including brother of NFL player, charged in murder of FIU student
The victim was shot at point-blank range on Dec. 2, 2016, inside a parking garage in a building that houses many FIU students.
Woman killed, suspect injured in shooting at Brooksville BioSpine clinic, deputies say
Hernando County deputies responded to a shooting Monday morning at the BioSpine Institute, 7101 Mariner Boulevard in Brooksville.
Patients and employees were evacuated. “People were just getting out of there and getting to whatever safe place they could,” a sheriff’s spokeswoman said.
Troopers suspect 100 mph race led to crash that killed 2 women in Ruskin
An initial news release said only that Elizabeth Rodriguez Ortiz, 19, of Ruskin, had driven into the path of oncoming traffic and was fatally injured. Now, state troopers say she was struck by two men racing.
Two cars were racing on East College Avenue before the June 22 crash, troopers say in a warrant affidavit. The victims were a passenger and driver crossing in front of them.
Tampa police Chief Brian Dugan announces retirement
Tampa police Chief Brian Dugan attends a news conference on Monday to announce his retirement effective Sept. 10. “I have been proud of what we have accomplished here together,” Dugan said.
Dugan, 54, said Monday that he will step down effective Sept. 10, ending a 31-year career with the Tampa Police Department.

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  1. Florida suspends concealed carry permits for 22 charged in U.S. Capitol breach
    49 minutes ago• News
    In this June 4, 2019, file photo, Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried speaks during a meeting of the Florida cabinet, in Tallahassee. Fried announced Tuesday her office has suspended concealed carry weapons permits for 22 people involved in the U.S. Capitol breach.
  2. Defense lawyers to Florida courts: Return to virtual hearings
    3 hours ago• Health
    Seating for potential jurors at the start of the October murder trial of defendant Erin Lee Robinson at the George Edgecomb Courthouse in Tampa can be seen. The trial was the first in Hillsborough County since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Potential jurors were socially distanced and wore protective face coverings.
  3. Man pleads guilty to 4 Asian spa killings, sentenced to life
    5 hours ago• Nation & World
    Robert Aaron Long enters Superior Court of Cherokee County in Canton, Ga. on Tuesday. Long, accused of killing eight people, most of them women of Asian descent at an Atlanta-area massage businesses pleaded guilty to four of the murders and was handed four sentences of life without parole.
  5. St. Pete men, including brother of NFL player, charged in murder of FIU student
    6 hours ago• Florida
    Keondre Fields, 23, left, and Donterio Fowler, 26, were booked into the Pinellas County jail Monday on charges of first-degree murder.
  6. At first Jan. 6 hearing, police to detail violence, injuries
    Earlier today• Nation & World
    U.S. Capitol Police watch the perimeter of the building Tuesday as Democratic lawmakers prepare to launch their investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection. They're beginning with a focus on the law enforcement officers who were attacked and beaten.
  7. A Florida KKK murder plot: Grab him up, take him to the river
    Earlier today• Crime
    Latonya Crowley of Paltka, mother of Warren Williams, said her family still fears white supremacists will return for revenge after the FBI headed off a murder plot against her son.
  8. Death from Florida shaken baby case leads to murder charge for babysitter
    Earlier today• News
    This undated booking photo released by the Fort Bend County Jail in Texas shows Terry McKirchy. McKirchy is charged with murder stemming from a decades-old shaken baby case. McKirchy pleaded no contest in 1985 to attempted murder for shaking 5-month-old Benjamin Dowling so severely that he suffered permanent brain damage. When Dowling died in 2019 at age 35, the medical examiner said it was because of the injuries he suffered as a baby.
  9. Troopers suspect 100 mph race led to crash that killed 2 women in Ruskin
    Yesterday• Crime
    An initial news release said only that Elizabeth Rodriguez Ortiz, 19, of Ruskin, had driven into the path of oncoming traffic and was fatally injured. Now, state troopers say she was struck by two men racing.
  10. Woman killed, suspect injured in shooting at Brooksville BioSpine clinic, deputies say
    Yesterday• Crime
    Hernando County deputies responded to a shooting Monday morning at the BioSpine Institute, 7101 Mariner Boulevard in Brooksville.
  11. Carlie Brucia slaying: Convicted killer Joseph Smith dies in Florida prison
    Yesterday• Crime
    Joseph Smith talks with his public defenders, Adam Tebrugge, left, and Steven Schaefer, right, during his earing at the Sarasota County Judicial Center in Sarasota, Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. Smith, who was convicted of abducting, raping and killing 11-year-old Carlie Brucia as she walked to her Sarasota home in 2004 died in prison on Monday, the Florida Attorney General's Office said.
  12. A timeline of Brian Dugan’s tenure as Tampa’s police chief
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan announced his retirement during a press conference at police headquarters. Chief Dugan’s retirement will be effective in early September at which time, Assistant Police Chief Ruben Delgado will take over in the interim until a new chief can be found, Mayor Jane Castor announced. Chief Dugan cited several factors for ending his time on the force, including the ongoing pandemic which he said continued to worry him. “It’s just time,” he said. Monday, July 26, 2021 in Tampa.
  13. Escaped prisoner caught: Man who left Tarpon Springs work camp arrested, deputies say
    Yesterday• Crime
    Tyler McFarlane, 24, escaped from a prion work camp in Tarpon Springs, deputies said. He was serving nine years for burglary charges.
  14. Hillsborough deputies investigating death of man found injured on Tampa road
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates.
  15. Car crashes into Pasco home, sending driver to hospital
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    Members of the Pasco County Fire Rescue responded Sunday to a home that was damaged when a car crashed into it. The home is in the 7700 block of Jasmine Boulevard in New Port Richey.
  16. Slain Tampa security guard was problem solver, peacemaker, mother of three
    Jul. 24• Crime
    The children are helping hold the family together, relatives say, after the slaying of Alisha Windfield, back right, shown here during a family outing with them and husband Ryan Capel, back left.
  17. Tampa man arrested in fatal shooting at Town ‘N Country intersection
    Jul. 23• Crime
    Curtis James, 43, of Tampa, is accused of shooting and killing another man at a Town 'N Country intersection.
  18. Ronnie Oneal III memes used on social media anger judge
    Jul. 23• Crime
    Ronnie Oneal III reacts to Daisatta Barron's remarks during the sentencing for the murder of her sister and niece at George E. Edgecomb Courthouse in Tampa on Friday.
  19. Jane Castor says no money in Tampa police budget for affordable housing
    Jul. 23• Tampa
    Mayor Jane Castor, left, and City Council chairman Orlando Gudes, right, sign a new Citizen Review Board ordinance in the mayor's conference room on Thursday.
  20. Relatives condemn Ronnie Oneal as he gets life for killing girlfriend and daughter
    Jul. 23• Crime
    At his sentencing hearing Friday, Ronnie Oneal III listens to testimony from Daisatta Barron, the sister of his girlfriend Kenyatta Barron. Oneal murdered Kenyatta Barron and the daughter they had together.
  21. Volunteers hunting for Mexico’s ‘disappeared’ become targets
    Jul. 23• Nation & World
    Lidia Lara Tobon, center, whose brother Angel Gabriel Tobon disappeared, works with other relatives of the disappeared from the Solecito Collective in March 2019 in a search for clandestine graves at a municipal dump.
  22. Polk Sheriff’s Office charges 32 suspects in drug trafficking investigation
    Jul. 23• News
    Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announces charges against 32 suspects after a 16-month drug trafficking investigation in the Lake Wales area.
  23. Florida man forced man from car, put gun to his head and made him kneel, police say
    Jul. 22• Crime
    A Florida man forced another driver out of his vehicle at gunpoint and threatened to kill him, because he was angry about a possible hit-and-run crash, police said.
  24. Polk deputy shoots, kills armed Davenport man charging at him, PCSO says
    Jul. 22• Crime
    A Polk County deputy fatally shot a 37-year-old Davenport man who charged at the deputy with a knife, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.
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