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By TIMES WIRES
Published March 15, 2007

TAMPA

MAN SOUGHT IN SHOOTING

Police are looking for a Jamaican nicknamed "Shocker" who is suspected of shooting a Tampa man in the abdomen late Tuesday. Roger Nealey II, 32, of 3807 N 51st St. was rushed into surgery at Tampa General Hospital, where a bullet was removed from his abdomen. Tampa police said he was in stable but critical condition. Sometime about 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, a man went to 2005 E 31st Ave. and asked for Nealey, police said. Once Nealey emerged, the man chased him. The two argued in a courtyard before the man pulled out a small-caliber firearm and shot Nealey once, police said. Police said the suspect is a Jamaican man with a thin to medium build whose first name is Peter. The shooter fled in a white, 1980s to '90s, two-door Honda with a "scoop" on the rear. Anyone with information is asked to call Tampa police at (813) 276-3200.

INDIAN ROCKS BEACH

Driver in wreck hides in restroom

A 63-year-old man was arrested after hitting a motorcyclist on Gulf Boulevard, driving away and then hiding in the restroom of the Los Mexicanos restaurant Tuesday, the Sheriff's Office said. Jesse Villareal of Indian Rocks Beach was driving his 2007 silver Saturn north on Gulf Boulevard when he swerved into the southbound lane near Third Street and collided with a motorcycle driven by Gary Applegate, 48, of Pennsylvania, the Sheriff's Office said. Applegate, who was not wearing a helmet, was taken to Bayfront Medical Center with injuries that were serious but not life-threatening, the Sheriff's Office said. Villareal was charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving a serious injury. The Sheriff's Office said Villareal may have been impaired at the time of the accident, but is still investigating.

TAMPA

Man barricades himself in house

Police stormed a home in north Tampa early Wednesday and arrested a man who had barricaded himself inside after a domestic dispute with his girlfriend, reports show. Gregory Allen Reed, 38, locked himself inside his home on River Hills Drive after beating his girlfriend, Tampa police said. The woman told police she thought he might have a weapon so a Tactical Response Team was dispatched about 6 a.m. Officers forced their way into the home through a rear sliding glass door and arrested Reed without incident; they recovered a pellet gun, reports show. Reed faces battery charges in the incident and in an earlier altercation.

NEW PORT RICHEY

Man accused of theft, exploitation

A Hernando Beach man was arrested Tuesday and charged with grand theft and exploitation of the elderly. Authorities say Jack Elvin Barton, 37, mortgaged the house of an 87-year-old Pasco County man suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's disease. He set up an annuity account with himself as the beneficiary and then wrote himself checks worth nearly $375,000, Pasco authorities said. Barton was free Tuesday night on $20,000 bail. He got control of the man's money by obtaining power of attorney.

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