Florida Sentinel Bulletin

Police in the Dallas area are hunting a suspected serial rapist who appears to be targeting alumnae members of one sorority, and each of the victims told investigators the assailant seemed to have personal knowledge about them. Four alumnae of the same sorority — black women in their mid-50s to early 60s — were raped […]

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NEW YORK — Zurana Horton, a Brooklyn mother of 12, was killed in Brownsville last week while trying to shield children from bullets from a shootout. The NYPD’s Crime Stoppers program, the Urban Community Council, and 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement have put up a $15,000 reward for the capture of the person that killed […]

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WASHINGTON – The federal government says the gang problem in the United States is growing and that there are an estimated 1.4 million members in some 33,000 gangs. A national gang threat assessment for 2011 concludes that gangs — driven by the profit motive — are collaborating with transnational drug trafficking organizations to make more […]

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A man convicted of raping a woman in 1981 was cleared by DNA testing last month and freed from a Louisiana prison last week after spending the last 30 years in prison. DNA testing revealed that Henry James Jr. was not the man who broke into his neighbor’s home and sexually assaulted a woman at […]

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Let’s say hello and welcome to this week’s Spotlight feature, Alejandra. The gorgeous 22-year-old Sagittarian says her favorite star is John Mayer, and her hobbies are surfing, rollerblading, and other outdoor activities. Alejandra’s future plans are to graduate with her BSN at the University of South Florida, and continue her studies in cardiology as a […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor On Thursday, October 27th, State Representative Betty Reed and Leerone Benjamin, Special Project Director, will host a Job Fair and Small Business Expo. The event will take place at Ragan Park Community Center, 1200 E. Lake Avenue, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The job fair, known as […]

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A popular man died last Thursday after a long illness. He became the first African American in Hillsborough County to work as a salesman the for Sal Italiano Family at Anthony Distributors. A Tampa native, Mr. Roy L. Edwards graduated from Middleton High School in 1967 and joined the Navy during the Vietnam Era. After […]

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The Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office has decided to charge a 16-year-old high school student as an adult. He was arrested earlier this month and charged with attacking and committing sexual battery on a fellow student. The 16-year-old victim told police she had a hall pass to go to her locker. The suspect allegedly began […]

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers tried to muster up one of their infamous comebacks Sunday in London, but this time mistakes and injuries to key players was too much to overcome. The Bucs fell 24-18 to the Chicago Bears, and if the loss wasn’t bad enough, they lost several starters to injuries during the game. Tailback […]

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