Florida Sentinel Bulletin

On Monday, after the M. L. King Day Parade, a series of fights and disturbances broke out in East Tampa. Although Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was an advocate for non-violence, 11 teenagers were arrested for fighting. Crowds watching the fights swelled to nearly 200 people at times. According to police, the fights began around […]

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At 6:12 a. m. Wednesday morning, Melvin James Rolfe, Jr., 39, was driving his usual route on his way to work at the Port of Manatee where he worked as a longshoreman. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Rolfe was driving south on U. S. Highway 41, he approached 34th Avenue South where a semi- […]

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BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor The theme of the 2012 TOBA Breakfast was “The March Continues…The Right Time To Do What Is Right.” The speaker for the 6:45 a. m. event at the downtown Hyatt Hotel was Dr. Paulette C. Walker, the National First Vice President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Recently retired as […]

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Tampa Police Homicide Detectives have arrested a suspect in the November 2011 murder of a teenager. Detectives arrested Jose Guillermo Torres-Melvis, 19, on Wednesday morning, charging him with second-degree murder. Torres-Melvis was charged with the shooting death of Jamarie Lavon Hodges, 16. Detectives received information that Torres-Melvis was a resident on River Resort Lane. They […]

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At the end of the 2011 season in the NFL, three Black head coaches were fired. The first to get a pink slip was Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach, Raheem Morris. The Bucs surprised everyone by finishing the 2010 season with a 10-6 record, and expectations were high for the 2011 season, especially with the […]

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OAKLAND, CA — Dwight Howard broke Wilt Chamberlain’s nearly 50-year-old NBA record for the most free throw attempts in a game, making 21 of 39 in the Orlando Magic’s 117-109 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Thursday.

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BRADENTON, FL — Former Alabama cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick has been arrested on a marijuana possession charge. An arrest report on the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office website says Kirkpatrick was arrested at 12:48 a.m. Tuesday and charged with possessing less than 20 grams of marijuana. He was released on $120 bond. Kirkpatrick is regarded as a […]

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One-time NBA star Dikembe Mutombo has made a worldwide name for himself sponsoring humanitarian projects and noble causes in his native Africa, so it was only natural that two State Department officials would meet with him in November 2010 as part of his effort to bring more attention to the bloody trade in conflict minerals […]

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CINCINNATI, OH — Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman’‘ Jones pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct. Jones entered the plea in Hamilton County Municipal Court just as his non-jury trial was scheduled to begin. A second misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest was dismissed in a plea agreement with prosecutors. Judge Brad Greenberg […]

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