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11 hrs ago | WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

Two bodies found in Hillsborough County

The first body was discovered in Thonotosassa around 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Ten minutes later, a second body was found in a different location.

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Related Topix: Thonotosassa, FL, Plant City, FL

19 hrs ago | Bradenton Herald

Woman jumps from Skyway Bridge

A Hillsborough County woman jumped to her death from the Sunshine Skyway Bridge this morning, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

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Related Topix: Gibsonton, FL, St. Petersburg, FL, Tampa Metro

Mon Feb 08, 2010

Tampa Bay Online

Deputies searching home of Lotto winner associate

Deputies from Hillsborough and Polk counties are serving a court authorized search warrant at the Lakeland home where Dorice Donegan "Dee Dee" Moore was living.

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Related Topix: Polk County, FL, Lakeland, FL

WFTS

Animals for State Fair exhibit killed, missing

Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies are investigating a break-in at Alonso High School, near Westchase, where several animals raised for a Florida State Fair exhibit were killed and others are missing.

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Related Topix: Westchase, FL, Education Etc.

Sun Feb 07, 2010

ABC Action News

Hillsborough County attempting to evict second former deputy

Hillsborough County is going to court again in an attempt to force a second former sheriffa s deputy to vacate a rent free home in a public park.

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Sat Feb 06, 2010

KBCI CBS 2

Friend charged with hiding dead lotto winner

Just over a week ago, a friend of a missing Florida lottery winner approached an acquaintance with a chilling request, according to detectives: Dig up the body of the dead man in her backyard.

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Related Topix: Lottery

Fri Feb 05, 2010

Kansas City Star

7 hurt when winds topple tent at Fla. State Fair

Authorities say high winds knocked over a tent during the Florida State Fair's opening day, injuring seven people who had to be taken to the hospital.Hillsborough County Fire Rescue said in a press release that three of those sustained serious but not life-threatening injuries when the tent was upended Friday at the fairgrounds in Tampa.

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Related Topix: Weather

St. Petersburg Times

Woman accused in Lotto winner's slaying has past of deceit, some say

In April, authorities say, Dorice "DeeDee" Moore bought bags of lime and hired a man to dig a hole in Plant City for the body of 42-year-old Lotto winner Abraham Shakespeare.

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Related Topix: Plant City, FL, Violent Crime, Zephyrhills, FL

Thu Feb 04, 2010

Messenger

Trust was costly for lottery winner

For Abraham Lee Shakespeare, who could barely read or write but knew his way around the Bible, Nov.

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Related Topix: Lottery, Frostproof, FL, Lakeland, FL

95.7 The Beat

Still awaiting trial for the murder of 3-month-old child

Richard McTear Jr. took the stand on Wednesday in an attempt to blame his ex-girlfriend for initiating the altercation that led to his being charged with battery.

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Wed Feb 03, 2010

Tampa Bay Online

Deputies solve pignapping, return animal to Armwood

The case of the pilfered porker has been solved. The pig, being kept as a project for the Future Farmers of America, was stolen from Armwood High School on Saturday, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

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The Ledger

Human Remains Found Near Plant City

Published: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 8:03 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 8:13 a.m. PLANT CITY Police removed human remains from woods in eastern Hillsborough County Tuesday night.

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Related Topix: Plant City, FL

Tue Feb 02, 2010

Creative Loafing Tampa

Jim DeMint to speak at Hillsborough County GOP Dinner

Hillsborough County Republican Party Chair Deborah Cox-Roush says that South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint will headline the party's Lincoln Day dinner on March 6. Cox-Roush said she heard last week that DeMint would be in Florida early next month, and so she and one of her Committee members contacted the Senator, and he agreed to speak at the ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Jim DeMint

Mon Feb 01, 2010

The Ledger

Moore Denies Killing Shakespeare

Published: Monday, February 1, 2010 at 11:31 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, February 1, 2010 at 11:31 p.m. LAKELAND The woman called "the person of interest" in the death of Lakeland Lotto winner Abraham Shakespeare denied Monday night that she "pulled the trigger." Abraham Shakespeare "God knows I did not pull that trigger and the court system will ...

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Related Topix: 9, Lakeland, FL, Plant City, FL, Polk County, FL

Tampa Bay Online

Tampa pair charged; authorites seize dogs, rabbits, ferret, bird

Ten dogs, four rabbits, a ferret and a bird were seized from a Tampa home Thursday after investigators determined the animals were "severely dehydrated and emaciated and starving," Hillsborough County Animal Services spokeswoman Marti Ryan said.

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Related Topix: Tampa, FL

Sun Jan 31, 2010

St. Petersburg Times

Two men arrested after man's body found in Dover

Deputies arrested two men and charged them with murder after the discovery of a man's body Saturday morning in the woods behind a home at 14408 Sydney Road in Dover, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.

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Related Topix: Dover, FL

Sat Jan 30, 2010

WCTV Tallahassee

Lottery Winner Found Buried in Backyard

Winning millions of dollars in the Florida Lottery should have been the best thing that ever happened to Abraham Shakespeare.

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Related Topix: Lottery

Fri Jan 29, 2010

Tampa Bay Online

Biz Bits

A new upscale hotel and spa in Clearwater is nearly ready to open after years of construction.

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Related Topix: Tampa Metro, Home, Mortgage

Tampa Bay Online

Lake Wales man charged in Tampa shooting

A second man has been arrested on two counts of attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of two men during a New Year's Day drug deal in Tampa, deputies say.

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Related Topix: Tampa, FL, Drugs, Lakeland Metro, Lakeland, FL

Thu Jan 28, 2010

News Chief

Tampa to Orlando high speed rail closer to reality

President Obama on Thursday announced $1.25 billion of stimulus funding for a high-speed rail line stretching from Tampa to Orlando - and he also promised to return to ride the train once it's finished.

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Related Topix: Tampa, FL, Florida, University of Tampa, Florida Government

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