Florida Sentinel Bulletin

PATRICIA WHITEHEAD

On June 13, 2024, at approximately 9:28 a. m., Tampa Police responded to a
residence on the 1000 block of E. 26th Ave., in reference to a shooting that had just occurred.

Upon their arrival, officers located an adult man with upper body trauma. The victim was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.

Through their investigation, detectives were able to determine that the suspect, 71-year-old Patricia Whitehead, and the victim shared a residential space. Whitehead had become angry with the victim, claiming he did not clean up after himself.

On the day of the incident, the victim was leaving the residence, when
Whitehead heard the victim slam the door. Whitehead retrieved her firearm from her bedroom, exited the residence, and shot the victim several times.

Whitehead was taken into custody and transported to Orient Road Jail. She was charged with first-degree murder.

JAKHARI FILMORE

DARRYL HILL

Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting last month. The shooting took place in the 500 block of S. Howard Avenue.

     According to the Tampa Police Department,
26-year-old Jakhari Filmore and 24-year-old Darryl Hill are charged with being felons in possession of firearms after they were identified through investigative means as being in the area at the time of the shooting.

     Investigators are currently working to determine if they were involved in the
shooting incident. Additional charges could be forthcoming.
On May 12, 2024, shortly before 3:00 a. m., Tampa Police officers on patrol in
SoHo heard shots fired at a nearby parking lot and immediately responded.

     Kenneth Washington  and Kevon Christmas died from their injuries as
a result of the shooting.

     Based on the investigation, detectives determined that the altercation stemmed
from an ongoing dispute between two rival neighborhood groups and was not a
random act.

     Detectives are still working to identify the role of the third shooting
victim, who sustained non-life-threatening injuries, and determine if there
were any other shooters involved.

     The investigation is active and continuing.

JHUSTIN VILORIA JIMENEZ

Tampa Police have arrested one person following an altercation inside the Walmart, 1505 N. Dale Mabry Highway.

The preliminary investigation found there was an argument between a vendor and other individuals. The argument escalated when one person pulled out a knife
and cut another.

One adult male was transported to the hospital with serious, but
non-life-threatening injuries.

Jhustin Viloria Jimenez is charged with culpable negligence actual injury (battery).

Detectives are working to determine what led up to the altercation.

Zy’kiria Bell

    Florida Department of Juvenile Justice has shut down Lake Academy, a residential treatment program meant to help troubled teens, just days after local media reported on the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a teenage girl who was staying at the Academy.

     Earlier this month, Zy’kiria Bell died while in state custody at Lake Academy, where she was sent for behavioral issues.

       The residential arm of the Department of Juvenile Justice is currently onsite and the DJJ Office of Inspector General is currently conducting a full and comprehensive investigation.

     The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has also launched an investigation into the tragic death of the teen.

DOUGLAS McGEE

 The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man for multiple counts of sexual misconduct involving a child.

On June 4, 2024, HCSO was notified of an incident involving an eight-year-old confidential victim and Douglas McGee, 34, a family friend and the supervisor of the victim’s brother at Busch Gardens.

     Through investigative means, detectives learned that McGee provided the victim with a cell phone and engaged in inappropriate messaging.

      McGee admitted to inappropriate text messages, touching, and sexual battery.

On June 5, 2024, detectives issued an arrest warrant for McGee and arrested him without incident.

     McGee was employed as a part-time Park Quality Supervisor in Stanleyville at Busch Gardens at the time of the incident and arrest. He has been employed with Busch Gardens.

MARKANTHONY FERNANDEZ

The former Bartow police officer who remains in the Polk County Jail following his arrest on May 28, 2024, is facing additional charges. He was arrested for inappropriate and criminal behavior with four teenage females, and now has additional criminal charges from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Detectives from the PCSO became aware of a comment on a Facebook post about the arrest of 24-year-old Markanthony Fernandez, which indicated that the commenter may also have been a victim of Fernandez.

The commenter was contacted by a PCSO detective and she agreed to speak about an encounter she had with Fernandez back in July of 2023.

The adult victim stated that Fernandez had reached out to her on Facebook and immediately became persistent about going out on a date with her, and she eventually agreed. She said that during the date, he slapped her, hit her with a fist, and choked her to the point she couldn’t breathe. The victim said she began to scream and begged Fernandez to stop as he sexually battered her.

The victim provided detectives with text messages from Fernandez that showed he attempted numerous times to solicit her for sex, but she continually refused.

A detective attempted to speak to Fernandez in the Polk County Jail about the new accusations against him, but he declined to make a statement.

Markanthony Fernandez was additionally charged with sexual battery with physical force and aggravated stalking.

Daniel Hernandez

Andy Moya Robaina,

      Tampa police say they’ve arrested a second suspect in a crash believed to be caused by street racing, killing an innocent passenger in another vehicle.

      Investigators say Daniel Hernandez, 19, was driving a Chevrolet Camaro on the morning of June 3 on Dale Mabry Highway and began racing a BMW 335i driven by Andy Moya Robaina, 22.

   According to police, Robaina crashed into a third car that was not racing near W. South Ave., killing Linda Strickland, 63.

      Robaina was arrested the day of the crash and faces vehicular homicide and unlawful racing charges.

      Police arrested Hernandez on Monday on charges of vehicular homicide, unlawful racing and leaving the scene of a crash with death.

ROBERT LEE CRAIG- WEBB

A 65-year-old man was arrested Saturday and charged in a double murder.
The murders took place in a housing complex just north of downtown Tampa Saturday afternoon (June 1^st).

According to the Tampa Police Department at approximately 1:15 p. m.
officers responded to the 1100 block of Ray Charles Blvd. (The Encore, formerly Central Park Village).

They were dispatched in reference to two subjects, a man and a woman, who had been shot. Upon their arrival, officers located both victims with upper body trauma. Both victims were pronounced deceased at the scene.
The investigation revealed that on Monday, May 27, 2024, suspect Robert Craig-Webb was informed about allegations that both victims were claiming about him, which angered Webb.

On June 1, 2024, Webb parked in the garage of the apartment complex, gained entry to the stairs of the residential building and waited for the victims in the hallway where they were fatally shot. No additional information about the victims has been released.

Webb and the two victims were known to each other. Shortly after the incident, Webb turned himself in and the firearm used to officers on scene.

Webb was transported to Orient Road Jail and charged with two counts of
murder in the first-degree, and one felony count of armed burglary of a structure with assault or battery.

According to reports, one of the victims was Craig-Webb’s ex-wife of 30 years, Eugenia Craig-Webb, 61. They were divorced in 2021. The male victim was 60-year-old, Barry Singleton.

 Communication between the couple through their daughter upset Craig-Webb, after he was told she did not want to have anything to do with him. He claimed the man his ex-wife was dating also spread rumors about him.

Craig-Webb described to law enforcement officials how he waited in the parking garage until his daughter and her family left the complex. He then took the elevator to the 4^th floor, waited outside the ex-wife’s apartment. When the couple arrived, he shot the man first, and then his ex-wife, from about 4 feet away.

     Another family member said Craig-Webb had been arrested on another occasion in Tennessee for domestic violence.

The investigation is continuing.

MELISSA BARNES

…Accused of putting bleach in baby’s bottle

     A woman was arrested after law enforcement said she gave her 13-month-old daughter a bottle containing bleach.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said they were notified of the incident on Jan. 2, 2024, by a concerned relative, who discovered that Melissa Barnes, 22, was living in an unpowered shed with the baby that was “cold, cluttered and unsanitary.”

Deputies said that when the relative removed the baby and attempted to feed her, the baby refused the bottle. When the relative looked closer, they discovered that the bottle contained bleach, which Barnes claimed she used to rinse it.

HCSO detectives launched an investigation, and the Department of Children and Families removed the baby from Barnes’ care and placed her with a relative.

After obtaining a search warrant for the shed, detectives said they found bleach-based disinfectant and paint. They added that the contents of the baby bottle were sent to the FBI laboratory for analysis, which confirmed the presence of chlorine-based bleach.

A warrant for Barnes’ arrest was obtained on May 28, and on June 3, 2024, she was taken into custody by the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office and charged with child abuse and child neglect.

HCSO said Barnes is currently in jail in Highlands County and will be brought to Hillsborough County at a later date. The investigation is ongoing.