I am a general assignment reporter with specific and varying niches – the local film industry, U.S.-Cuba relations, Tampa history, professional wrestling and the odd and unique people who make up this area. I have been a journalist in Tampa since 1999. In my younger years, I was also an independent filmmaker best known for an award-winning documentary on Charlie Wall, Tampa’s first crime lord. At home, I am married to a woman who is way out of my league and a father of four kids who have diverse career goals – engineer, veterinarian, ballerina, and a “fighting ninja.” As opposed to a pacifist ninja.
![Doug Trimpe and his wife Sarah now enjoy a finished pool at their home in Apollo Beach, but not before kicking in more of their own money and enduring a series of delays. Contractor Premier Pools in Tampa, now defunct, faces action from the state Attorney General’s Office. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190214/ARTICLE/190219825/AR/0/AR-190219825.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Doug Trimpe and his wife Sarah now enjoy a finished pool at their home in Apollo Beach, but not before kicking in more of their own money and enduring a series of delays. Contractor Premier Pools in Tampa, now defunct, faces action from the state Attorney General’s Office. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]")
![The owner of the Florida Brewery in Ybor City says construction at the neighboring 1309 6th Ave is rattling his historic building and threatening to damage it. He is asking the courts to halt construction. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190212/ARTICLE/190219895/AR/0/AR-190219895.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The owner of the Florida Brewery in Ybor City says construction at the neighboring 1309 6th Ave is rattling his historic building and threatening to damage it. He is asking the courts to halt construction. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]")
![The University of South Florida’s Institute for Digital Exploration is seeking the public’s help in learning the origins of this early-20th century roulette wheel made from an aluminum lamp.
[OCTAVIO JONES | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190212/ARTICLE/190219956/AR/0/AR-190219956.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The University of South Florida’s Institute for Digital Exploration is seeking the public’s help in learning the origins of this early-20th century roulette wheel made from an aluminum lamp.
[OCTAVIO JONES | Times]")
![June Hurley Young, “Miss June” to her in-studio audiences of children 4 and 5, hosted the Tampa Bay area version of ‘Romper Room’ on a number of stations through the years. [Times files]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190211/ARTICLE/190219941/AR/0/AR-190219941.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "June Hurley Young, “Miss June” to her in-studio audiences of children 4 and 5, hosted the Tampa Bay area version of ‘Romper Room’ on a number of stations through the years. [Times files]")
