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Mitch PerryDecember 27, 2017

While most of the country considered 2017 an electoral “off-year,” that wasn’t the case in the Tampa Bay region, thanks to the St. Petersburg municipal elections. Here’s this reporter’s list of the top ten political news stories of the year: 10. — Bob Buckhorn decides not to run for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. For years, the […]

Mitch PerryDecember 6, 2017

If found guilty of murder, the accused Seminole Heights killer should receive the death penalty, so say Republican attorney general candidates Ashley Moody and Ross Spano. In a letter Wednesday to Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren, Spano, who also serves as the chair of the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee in the Florida Legislature, says the facts in […]

Mitch PerryNovember 29, 2017

Updated Gov. Rick Scott came to Tampa early Wednesday to thank the officers involved in the arrest of 24-year-old Howell Emanuel Donaldson III, the man suspected of killing four people in Seminole Heights over the past six weeks. “To the families of Benjamin Mitchell, Monica Hoffa, Anthony Naiboa and Ronald Felton, my heart goes out to […]

Mitch PerryNovember 17, 2017

With four unresolved murders in the past six weeks, tensions in Southeast Seminole Heights have never been higher. Among some black residents, there’s even more anxiety, with many complaining about increased surveillance in the community — and that was before the Tampa Police Department announced earlier this week that the chief suspect is a black […]

Mitch PerryOctober 26, 2017

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On Thursday, the Tampa Police Department released a new video from the night of the first shooting in Seminole Heights. Law enforcement hopes releasing the video will help identify the person interim Police Chief Brian Dugan now calls a “person of interest.” At one point, the video shows the person running. “In my opinion, it gives […]

Mitch Perry’s review of top Tampa Bay stories of 2017

GOP AG candidates want death penalty for Seminole Heights killer case

Rick Scott visits Tampa Police following arrest of Seminole Heights killer

Tensions high among blacks, police as Seminole Heights manhunt continues

‘Person of interest’ in new video could be Seminole Heights killer, Tampa police say