Digest

Crime journal

By Times Staff Writer
Published October 6, 2007

TAMPA

Robber got the cash, then came bullets

When a man came in to Papa Dan's Food Store Thursday night waving a black revolver and demanding cash, Nasief Oudeh handed over the money. But then his co-worker fired. Samer Hamdan, 36, pulled the trigger once at the robber from the store's soda aisle, but missed him, according to a police report. The robber turned his attention toward Hamdan, then back to Oudeh, 38. Then, as the robber ran out of the store with the stolen cash, police said, he fired a shot at Oudeh. Tampa police are searching for a black man in his early 20s with a short haircut. At the time of the robbery, he was wearing a blue bandana over his face, a blue hat, a black shirt and blue jeans. Police said he ran from the store, located at 9201 N 46th St., south across Busch Boulevard, after the 8:40 p.m. incident. Anyone with information is asked to contact Tampa police at (813) 232-6800.

RUSKIN

4 teens arrested in 15 auto burglaries

Four juveniles are charged with 15 vehicle burglaries deputies say they committed over three days. The boys - two 15-year-olds, a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old - told deputies they cruised through Ruskin neighborhoods looking for unlocked cars to burglarize. The boys came to the attention of law enforcement after Deputy Chris Dina approached a suspicious vehicle in the College Chase subdivision shortly after midnight Thursday. When he got close, the teens ran. Deputies caught two of the boys, then found the other two. The stolen items including stereos, speakers, cash, sunglasses and wallets, deputies said. They were taken to Juvenile Assessment Center.

ST. PETERSBURG

Woman badly hurt by hit-run driver

A 65-year-old woman was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a hit-and-run accident on Fourth Street N. The woman was crossing Fourth Street just south of 83rd Avenue N when she was struck by a vehicle about 9:42 p.m. Thursday, police said. The vehicle could have been an older-model sport utility vehicle or Jeep Cherokee with tinted windows, police said. The driver didn't stop. The woman, whom police have not identified because they haven't notified next of kin, was taken to Bayfront Medical Center. Police ask anyone with information to call (727) 893-7780.

CLEARWATER

Woman killed in collision near Eckerd Hall

A woman in her 20s died Friday evening in a crash at McMullen-Booth Road and Ruth Eckerd Hall Drive, authorities said. The woman's name was not immediately released. The crash occurred at 6:24 p.m. between two vehicles, officials said. The woman who died was riding in a car with two other people when the impact threw her from the vehicle. She died at the scene. The two with her were taken to Morton Plant Hospital with minor injuries. The driver of the second vehicle was taken to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening.

DADE CITY

Dispatcher among 2 killed in collision

A Dade City police dispatcher was one of two people killed early Friday on U.S. 301 in eastern Hernando County. After her shift, dispatcher Akeyleia Prophete, 21, was driving to see her boyfriend in Sumter County. A car driven by Ariel Monet, 45, of Safety Harbor veered into Prophete's lane. Both women died at the scene. Neither wore a seat belt, officials said. Monet's friends said she was house-sitting for someone in Hernando County and probably was on her way to a beach.

LAND O'LAKES

Pinellas woman charged in fatal DUI

The Florida Highway Patrol arrested Heather Dison, 36, of 2536 Erie St. S in St. Petersburg on DUI manslaughter and other DUI-related charges as a result of a fatal crash June 16 on U.S. 301 in Pasco County. She was taken to the Pasco County jail. The Highway Patrol says that at 2:35 a.m. June 16 Dison was driving a 2006 GMC pickup north in the southbound lanes of U.S. 301. A southbound 1979 Cadillac coupe driven by Jason Hamilton, 23, of Dade City collided head-on with Dison's vehicle. A toxicology report indicated that Dison's blood-alcohol level was 0.157. Florida law presumes impairment at a level of 0.08.

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