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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For the second time, Florida plans to execute 2 men on the same day www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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For the second time, Florida plans to execute 2 men on the same day
James Robertson and William Thompson are both scheduled to die Oct. 13, the second double execution in Florida this year.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/10/2026
Christa Pike, a Tennessee woman who was set to be executed on Wednesday, was still alive after two syringes of lethal drugs had been administered, her lawyers said. They said that while two syringes of pentobarbital had been administered, Pike still had a heartbeat and was audibly snoring.
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Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say
Christa Pike, who was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995, was set to be executed by lethal injection. Officials had gone ahead with the execution after a temporary court-ordered pause.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Lutz man accused of funding Hamas to remain jailed awaiting trial www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
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Lutz man accused of funding Hamas to remain jailed awaiting trial
A federal grand jury indicted Raed Yousef last week on charges that he sent more than $46,000 to the terrorist group.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
'A heartbreaking case' : 2 get prison for USF student's fentanyl overdose www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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‘A heartbreaking case’: 2 get prison for USF student’s fentanyl overdose
Miguel Cintron received a life sentence and Darrius Gustafson got 21 years in prison for their roles in the death of Patrick Connolly.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Federal indictment accuses Lutz man of financially supporting Hamas www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
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Federal indictment accuses Lutz man of financially supporting Hamas
Raed Yousef was arrested Wednesday after a grand jury charged him with providing material support to a terrorist organization.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Russian man submitted over 100 Pinellas voter registrations. None of them were real www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Russian man submitted over 100 Pinellas voter registrations. None of them were real
Dmitry Shushlebin was sentenced to federal prison this week after he admitted to creating the fake identities for financial gain.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Prosecutors seek new indictment in Tampa against Tim Burke in Fox News case www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Prosecutors seek new indictment in Tampa against Tim Burke in Fox News case
The move comes days after the government opted not to appeal a judge’s order dismissing a portion of the case against the Tampa media guru.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
He was a highly educated doctor. Now he faces the death penalty for a lawyer’s murder www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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He was a highly educated doctor. Now, he faces the death penalty for a lawyer’s murder
Tomasz Kosowski, accused of murdering Steven Cozzi, has insisted on representing himself and wants no jury as he goes to trial Monday.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
2 Tampa murder trials. 2 juries. 1 death penalty. 1 life sentence www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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2 Tampa murder trials. 2 juries. 1 death penalty. 1 life sentence
Jurors in two similar Hillsborough death penalty cases gave an inside look at how they deliberated the ultimate punishment.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The hunt for Sept. 11 attackers started near Tampa. 2 ex-agents remember it www.tampabay.com/culture/hist...
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The hunt for Sept. 11 attackers started near Tampa. 2 ex-agents remember it
In the wake of the terrorist attacks 25 years ago, local feds probed the hijackers’ connections to a Florida flight school.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
After judge dismisses half of Tim Burke's charges, feds say they won't appeal www.tampabay.com/news/tampa/2...
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After judge dismisses half of Tim Burke’s charges, feds say they won’t appeal
The nationally recognized media consultant still faces misdemeanor charges related to the leaking of unaired Fox News footage.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Prominent Tampa doctor, nurse practitioner killed in plane crash www.tampabay.com/news/hillsbo...
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Prominent Tampa doctor, nurse practitioner killed in plane crash
Authorities confirmed late Thursday that David Siambanes and Dawn Stone were the two people killed in the crash near the Tampa Executive Airport.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
NEW TODAY: For the murder of Alana Sims’ unborn child, a Tampa jury decided Wednesday that Billy Adams III should die. But for the murder of Sims herself, the jury decided, Adams should spend the rest of his life in prison. www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Jury says Tampa rapper should die for unborn child’s murder
The jury, which voted 8-4 for the death penalty, recommended a life sentence for the murder of the child’s mother.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Billy Adams III, a hip-hop artist known as Ace NH, was found guilty this afternoon in the murder of Alana Sims. The murder occurred three days after Adams' acquittal in an unrelated murder case. www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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After double-murder acquittal, Tampa rapper found guilty of killing pregnant woman
A jury on Tuesday convicted Billy Adams III, who performed as Ace NH, of killing Alana Sims. He’d previously been acquitted in an unrelated murder case.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Acquitted of double murder, Tampa rapper now on trial in death of pregnant woman www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Acquitted of double murder, Tampa rapper now on trial in death of pregnant woman
Billy Adams III is charged with fatally shooting Alana Sims three days after he was found not guilty of two other killings in 2023.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Judge dismisses murder charge against man who shot Tampa DJ www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Judge dismisses murder charge against man who shot Tampa DJ
Prosecutors failed to disprove that Joel Moreno-Cobo had a reasonable fear for his safety when he shot Dedrick Sykes in Ybor City last year, the judge found.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
As jury weighs death for Jennifer Odom’s killer, her family recounts her life www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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As jury weighs death for Jennifer Odom’s killer, her family recounts her life
Jeffrey Norman Crum Sr. faces a possible death sentence after he was found guilty last week in the notorious 1993 murder case.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Breaking: After 33 years, a jury has found Jeffrey Crum guilty in the 1993 murder of Jennifer Odom, a case that has haunted Tampa Bay www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Jennifer Odom’s death haunted Tampa Bay. 33 years later, her killer is convicted
The four-day trial of Jeffrey Norman Crum Sr. capped a notorious murder case. He now faces a possible death sentence.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
He's charged in Jennifer Odom's murder. His son says he confessed www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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He’s charged in Jennifer Odom’s murder. His son says he confessed
Jeffrey Crum Jr. told a jury Wednesday that his father once gave him a clarinet as a gift. He identified the instrument as the one that belonged to Jennifer.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
33 years later, jury to decide if man killed 12-year-old Jennifer Odom www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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33 years later, jury to decide if man killed 12-year-old Jennifer Odom
Jeffrey Norman Crum Sr. is accused of killing the 12-year-old Dade City girl in a case that has long haunted Tampa Bay.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A Tampa jury deliberated for 21 minutes before finding Joseph Killins guilty in the kidnapping and rape of a DoorDash driver www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Tampa man denied kidnapping, raping DoorDash driver. A jury didn’t buy it
A jury deliberated 21 minutes before finding Joseph Killins guilty of kidnapping, sexual battery and other charges.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
'He will kill us all': Tampa DoorDash driver recounts kidnapping, rape in court www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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‘He will kill us all’: Tampa DoorDash driver recounts kidnapping, rape in court
Joseph Killins, 41, is accused of kidnapping and raping the food delivery driver and shooting a woman who tried to rescue her.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Pinellas sheriff's deputy kills ex-girlfriend, then himself in Pasco County www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Pinellas sheriff’s deputy kills ex-girlfriend, then himself, in Pasco County
Deputy Troy Savetz kidnapped and murdered his former girlfriend after an argument late Monday, Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
He faced over 300 years in prison for Temple Terrace kidnapping, rape. He got 25 www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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He faced over 300 years in prison for Temple Terrace kidnapping, rape. He got 25
Bryan Oyanguren Rosado, 25, could go free in a little more than two decades.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Tampa DJ was shot in Ybor City. Attorneys say it was self-defense www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Tampa DJ was shot in Ybor City. Attorneys say it was self-defense
Joel Moreno Cobo has invoked Florida’s controversial stand your ground law as he faces a murder charge in DJ ShyGuy’s death.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Final story: Florida executes 2 men Tuesday, a 1st in modern death penalty history www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Florida executes 2 men Tuesday, a 1st in modern death penalty history
James Duckett and Dominick Occhicone were both put to death Tuesday for separate murder cases from the 1980s.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Florida to execute 2 men Tuesday, a 1st in modern times www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Florida set to execute 2 men Tuesday, a 1st in modern times
James Duckett is scheduled to be put to death at noon with Dominick Occhicone to follow at 6 p.m. Both were convicted in separate murder cases.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Judge denies joint appeal of Florida men facing double execution www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
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Judge denies joint appeal of Florida men facing double execution
Lawyers for James Duckett and Dominick Occhicone argued that their same-day executions could be botched.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Tampa needs a new courthouse. This plan shows how it might be built www.tampabay.com/news/hillsbo...
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Tampa needs a new courthouse. This plan shows how it might be built
A master plan presented Wednesday envisions an overhaul of Tampa’s downtown judicial hub.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Florida executions of ex-cop, Pasco man could be botched, lawsuit says www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Florida executions of ex-cop, Pasco man could be botched, lawsuit says
Lawyers for James Duckett and Dominick Occhicone filed a joint appeal asking a federal court to stay their Tuesday executions.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Florida Supreme Court won't stop 80-year-old Pasco man's execution www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
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Florida Supreme Court won’t stop 80-year-old Pasco man’s execution
The high court on Tuesday rejected arguments that Dominick Occhicone is too old and ill to be put to death.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Updated: Tampa college student leaves jail while awaiting trial in death of newborn www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Tampa college student leaves jail while awaiting trial in death of newborn
Brianna Moore posted bond Wednesday night to secure her release hours after prosecutors argued against letting her return home.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Tampa college student leaves jail while awaiting trial in death of newborn www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Tampa college student leaves jail while awaiting trial in death of newborn
Brianna Moore posted bond Wednesday night to secure her release hours after prosecutors argued against letting her return home.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
What to know as Pasco man, 80, could become Florida's oldest executed www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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What to know as Pasco man, 80, could become Florida’s oldest executed
Dominick Occhicone’s defense has argued he is too old and ill to be put to death.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Former Florida cop to be executed on same day as 80-year-old Pasco man www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Former Florida cop to be executed on same day as 80-year-old Pasco man
Amid an aggressive pursuit of the death penalty, the move is the first time Florida has set two executions for the same day.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Supreme Court could end 6-person juries. For Florida, it would be a seismic shift www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
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Supreme Court could end 6-person juries. For Florida, it would be a seismic shift
Lawyers in Tampa are seeking 12-person juries in cases that typically would see six as the high court weighs constitutionality.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Hillsborough voters will pick 2 new judges in August. Who's on the ballot? www.tampabay.com/news/hillsbo...
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Hillsborough voters will pick 2 new judges in August. Who’s on the ballot?
Four local lawyers are vying for two open seats on the circuit bench.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Pasco man is too old and ill to be executed for 1986 murders, lawyers say www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Pasco man is too old and ill to be executed for 1986 murders, lawyers say
Attorneys for Dominick Occhicone also want to examine the effect recent executions have had on Florida prison staff.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Tampa honors the city’s only female police officer killed in the line of duty www.tampabay.com/news/tampa/2...
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Tampa honors the city’s only female police officer killed in the line of duty
Twenty-five years ago Monday, Lois Marrero was shot while pursuing a fleeing bank robbery suspect.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Newly released videos show what suspect said after catastrophic Ybor crash www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Newly released videos show what suspect said after catastrophic Ybor crash
The videos show the pursuit from a Florida Highway Patrol trooper’s dash camera and suspect Silas Sampson learning he’s accused of killing four people.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
At 80 years old, Pasco man could become oldest inmate executed in Florida www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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At 80 years old, Pasco man could become oldest inmate executed in Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for Dominick Occhicone one day after another prisoner became the oldest person put to death in the state.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Ybor City crash report illuminates pursuit that led to fatal collision www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Ybor City crash report illuminates pursuit that led to fatal collision
Two Florida Highway Patrol troopers were monitoring a Tampa police radio before they pursued a fleeing suspect, the report states.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Tampa judge issues 4 life sentences for murder of rapper Julio Foolio www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Tampa judge issues 4 life sentences for murder of rapper Julio Foolio
Judge Michelle Sisco lamented that the four defendants, convicted in the gang killing, had ruined their lives “for nothing.”
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Tampa man spared death penalty in stabbings of mom, daughter www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Tampa man spared from death penalty in stabbings of mom, daughter
The jury deliberated 90 minutes before rejecting the death penalty for Jean Pierre Ojeda Salazar.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Tampa jury returns late-night guilty verdict in killings of mom, daughter www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Tampa jury returns late-night guilty verdict in killings of mom, daughter
Jean Pierre Ojeda Salazar faces a possible death sentence for the murders of his girlfriend and her 14-year-old daughter.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Tampa jury hears harrowing witness account of stabbing of mom, teen www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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Tampa jury hears harrowing witness account of stabbing of mom, teen
Jean Pierre Ojeda Salazar is accused of killing his girlfriend and her 14-year-old daughter. If he’s convicted, prosecutors will seek the death penalty.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Tampa police Chief Lee Bercaw to retire, take job with USF www.tampabay.com/news/tampa/2...
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Tampa police Chief Lee Bercaw to retire, take job with USF
Bercaw announced Tuesday that he will step down in August for a job as an associate professor at the University of South Florida.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Did you feel it? Florida residents report feeling earthquake shaking off Cuba www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
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Did you feel it? Florida residents report feeling earthquake shaking off Cuba
Floridians have already begun reporting feeling the quake.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
After cheating scandal, deep connections helped ex-deputy land Hillsborough schools job www.tampabay.com/news/hillsbo...
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After cheating scandal, deep connections helped ex-deputy land Hillsborough schools job
Anthony Collins beat 37 other candidates for director of security at the school district. His apparent edge came on the words of community leaders, records show.
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Dan Sullivan @timesdan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I always admired Scott Pelley’s work. I especially remember this 2007 piece, which took viewers inside America’s most secure prison. It’s a bit dated now, but still fascinating. youtu.be/JavUyM8lA6w?...
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Supermax: Inside the prison where El Chapo may serve his life sentence
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
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