Florida Sentinel Bulletin

LOS ANGELES  — Chris Brown is set to return to court Wednesday to face a prosecutor who is asking a judge to revoke the singer’s probation because investigators say they could not find credible evidence he completed his community labor sentence for the 2009 beating of Rihanna. A motion filed Tuesday raises for the first […]

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We wouldn’t keep bringing her back if our loyal readers didn’t demand to see her again. To bring you up to speed, Helena wants everyone to check out her 2013 calendar at  www.iamhelena.com. This young lady’s hobbies are scrap booking, modeling, and collecting Betty Boop memorabilia. In the future, Helena wants to accomplish more with […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor The Florida NAACP State Conference has planned a two-day Town Hall meeting for Friday (today), at 7 p.m., at the Tampa Airport Doubletree, 4500 W. Cypress Street. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss redistricting. Among those slated to participate in the Town Hall Meeting include: Leon […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Earlier this week, a federal judge rendered Ms. Cortnee Brantley guilty of misprison. She will be sentenced on the charge on Monday, April 29th, at 8:45 a.m. The rarely used federal charge of misprision carries a maximum sentence of 3 years in federal prison. In a 12-page written […]

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On Monday, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s detectives charged a 35-year-old woman with manslaughter after she allegedly stabbed her live-in boyfriend to death during an argument. Detectives said Luz Maribel Myers was interviewed, and later charged with manslaughter with a weapon. Deputies responded to a 9-1-1 call at 2 a. m. in the 8300 block of Country […]

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On Monday night at 10:47 p. m., Tampa Police responded to a call of shots fired in the area of 36th Street and Mohawk Avenue. Officers arriving on the scene reported finding a Chevrolet truck abandoned and crashed through a fence in the yard of a vacant residence in the 3500 block of Mohawk. Officers […]

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BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor Since 2007, Reverend Pauline L. Cole, R. N., has been collecting and storing data for a documentary on the Black Nurses of Hillsborough County. During the years since then, others have joined her as historical project assistants, research assistants or advisors. On February 28, 2013, 6-8 p. m., the work […]

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A Tampa native, who spent his professional years as an educator in Pinellas County, died Friday in St. Petersburg. Vyrle Davis was 76 years old. In 2004, Mr. Davis was diagnosed with Parkinson disease. He was eventually bound to a wheelchair. The graduate of Florida A&M University followed in the footsteps of his grandfather and […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Within the last week, eight individuals have been arrested in connection with aggravated identity theft and federal income tax fraud. Each person is facing several charges. The U. S. Attorney’s Office unsealed an indictment for the theft of government property and aggravated identity theft for Kayla Noble. Noble […]

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