Florida Sentinel Bulletin

The 2011 year started off with great promise, as no African Americans were murdered during the first three months. However, Sabrina Broxton became the first African American homicide of 2011. Below is a month-by-month recap of the murders of African Americans in Tampa and Hillsborough County. Of the 23 murders of African Americans in 2011 […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor During the last three months of 2011, a record number of African Americans suffered violent deaths. In November, following the deaths of two teenagers, a group of citizens came together to address the issue. During that meeting, information was gathered for dissemination to members of the community. On […]

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BY LEON B. CREWS Sentinel Staff Writer Ron “Jomama Johnson” Shepard has meant more to the broadcast industry than anyone else over the past 23 years. He is responsible for creating an awareness of Clear Channel Broadcasting that hadn’t been done before. On December 20th, Jomama Johnson officially retired as the Program Manager and Promoter […]

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ST. PETERSBURG – On Tuesday, St. Petersburg Police charged a 19-year-old man with repeatedly raping an 11-year-old boy in the weeks before Christmas. Mark Anthony Thompson was arrested and charged with sexual battery of a child less than 12 years old. Police said the victim was spending afternoons with a relative while his mother worked. […]

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This week’s Spotlight feature will help you ring in the New Year. Her name is Curshetis, and the 5’4” Capricorn says her favorite stars are Lil’ Wayne and Jeezy. Her hobby is singing, and in the future, Curshetis wants to become a great singer. Her philosophy of life is to “do unto others as you […]

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HONOLULU  — President Barack Obama blended his roles as a father and commander-in-chief this Christmas, exchanging presents and singing carols with his family, then greeting U.S. service members stationed at a Marine base in Hawaii. The president and his family woke up early Sunday to open gifts, the White House said, then had breakfast and […]

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Donald Trump has forsaken his Republican Party affiliation, and President Obama supporters should be thrilled. Trump — the real estate mogul and self-proclaimed billionaire, reality show king, birther and now perennial political interloper — has decided to switch his New York state voter affiliation from Republican to unaffiliated in order to leave his options open […]

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The Justice Department on Friday moved to block South Carolina’s voter ID law, saying it unfairly burdens non-white voters. In blocking the law, the Obama Administration said the state’s law, requiring voters to show specific types of state-issued identification in order to vote, could make it difficult for minorities to cast a ballot. Under the […]

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NEW YORK — A Walmart shopper in upstate New York slugged a 70-year-old store greeter who asked to look at the woman’s receipts as she left, according to authorities. Jacquetta Simmons, 26, has been arrested and charged with two counts of assault for the attack that fractured the greeter’s face and knocked her to the […]

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