Tampa briefs: Tampa man charged in slaying

By Times Staff Writer
Published March 2, 2008

TAMPA

Tampa police and U.S. marshals arrested a Tampa man Saturday afternoon in connection with the Feb. 13 murder of Philip-Paul Kimber.

Kimber, 19, died after he and Lorenzo Young, 27, exchanged gunfire at 8317 N 14th St. on Feb. 13, police spokeswoman Andrea Davis said. Young was grazed by bullets, she said. Police issued an arrest warrant for Young on Feb. 22.

Young is being charged with first-degree murder, battery and possessing a firearm as a felon.

Police arrested Young after getting a tip that he was living in the area and was at the Shell gas station at 50th Street and Melbourne Avenue, Davis said. He was arrested at the Shell station.

Young is being held at the Hillsborough County jail without bail.

WIMAUMA

Man accused of trying to entice girl, 6

Hillsborough deputies arrested a 32-year-old man Saturday and charged him with trying to lure a 6-year-old girl into his car. Jose Luis Moreno Garcia of 5427 Palm Dunes Court was charged with luring or enticing a child in the incident, which happened at about 4 p.m., deputies say.

The girl was riding her bike, and deputies say Moreno stopped his Mercury Marquis and asked the girl to come over to his vehicle. But the girl's father was nearby, saw what was happening and ran over and punched Moreno.

The girl's family called the Sheriff's Office which responded and found Moreno sitting in his vehicle at his apartment.

DOVER

Motorcyclist killed in wreck with truck

A man was killed Friday evening when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a utility trailer being pulled by a pickup truck at McIntosh Road and Tom Gallagher Road.

The 1994 Dodge pickup truck, driven by Christopher West, 50, of Louisiana, was traveling south on McIntosh around 5 p.m. Friday, when it slowed and began a left turn. As it crossed lanes of oncoming traffic, a 2002 Harley-Davidson driven northbound by Jimmy McIntosh, 38, hit the trailer. West was not injured. McIntosh was taken to Lakeland Regional Hospital, where he died. West was cited for a violation of right of way in the incident.

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