Florida woman stumbles into McDonald’s with gunshot wound June 10, 2013

PORT  ORANGE, Fla. —Police in Port Orange are investigating reports of a  shooting early Monday.

Officials said a woman,  identified as Rebecca Matous, showed up at the McDonald’s restaurant on South  Nova Road with a gun shot wound to her leg.

Matous said that two men  forced their way into her vehicle and threatened her with guns.

The men demanded that  Matous drive to a Chase Bank and withdraw money.

After stealing her money,  one of the suspects took the keys from the ignition and one of them shot her,  according to deputies, before they both ran off.

Deputies said Matous went  to the McDonald’s to seek help, and she was then quickly rushed to Halifax  Hospital.

Anyone with information in  this case should contact authorities.

Sleepless in Largo: Man accused of shooting up his home with an AR-15 June 5, 2013

LARGO – A Largo man fired several rounds from an AR-15 into his home, according to police.

“I was defending my own house,” the defendant, Douglas York, told a judge.

York was arrested early Monday morning on a felony charge of shooting at, within or into a building. A neighbor who lives behind York’s home said he heard about a dozen shots.

“I woke up from a dead sleep at 2:25 in the morning and I heard 10 to 12 rounds go off,” said John Johansen. “I was a little nervous when I heard the rounds. I knew they were gunshots.”

Police said York was shooting into his own home at 502 Creekview Ct. in Largo, with an AR-15, because he thought he saw people by his house. York told an officer he had injected prescription medication and had not slept in days, according to an arrest affidavit.

A neighbor who lives across the street from York said one round struck her daughter’s parked car. That neighbor declined a request for an interview.

At his first appearance in court, York told the judge he was not taking any medication for a mental illness and had just fallen on hard times.

”I’ve just had a very tough time in my life,” York said. “I’ve hit bottom with the foreclosure and things like that and the building of the creek behind my house.”

The judge decided to lower York’s bond from $10,000 to $7,500 because he does not have a prior record. The judge also told York that he’s not allowed to drink alcohol or possess a gun if he bonds out of the Pinellas County jail.

Drunken man fired gun after watching Hitler documentary + 2 more dopes with guns …..

The Okaloosa County Sheriffs office has arrested three local men on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in three separate incidents over the last two days.

The first arrest took place June 3rd at 3850 Indian Trail in Destin.  55-year old Alfred George Price of 813 Main Street is accused of intentionally pointing a shotgun at his roommates and screaming that he was going to kill them. The roommates say they fled for their lives while yelling and stomping on the floors to alert neighbors at the apartment complex. Multiple neighbors heard the screams for help and called the Sheriff’s office.

Deputies found a 12 gauge shotgun and Glock .22 handgun in Price’s room. He is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill (DOMV) and violation of a domestic violence injunction that prohibited him from possessing firearms.

In a second unrelated incident, the OCSO has charged 32-year old Enrique Jamah Hill of #9 Sixth Avenue in Shalimar with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill (DOMV) and possession of a firearm under the influence of alcohol.

Deputies were called to 40 Eglin Street June 3rd in reference to an armed disturbance in progress. Deputies say Hill’s girlfriend told them he’d been drinking alcohol all afternoon and while she was outside talking to neighbors, Hill came out with a shotgun and began waving it around. She says he went back into the home and she heard a shotgun noise. Deputies found a hole on the top of a dresser inside the bedroom closet and in a flat screen tv in the bathtub. The shotgun was found between the mattresses in the bedroom.

The third incident took place in the early morning hours of June 4th at Cedars Condominiums, 209 West Miracle Strip Parkway in Mary Esther. 28-year old Joseph Ryan Dobson is accused of pointing a gun at his fiancé and a friend after watching a documentary on Adolph Hitler. Dobson’s fiancé says he then pointed the weapon towards the ceiling and fired two shots. Deputies found Dobson inside the condominium on the bedroom floor, highly intoxicated. Dobson is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without the intent to kill (DOMV) and discharging a firearm while under the influence of alcohol.

No one was injured in any of the three incidents.

Man fatally shot 3 bouncers over punk’d video June 4, 2013

Have gun, will shoot.

Any excuse to pull the trigger will do.

When Ocala cops responded to AJ’s bar In the wee hours of Sunday morning they found three men — ages 23, 20 and 25 — laying outside the bar, each suffering from gunshot wounds. Two of the men were dead and the third was pronounced dead at a local hospital a short time later, according to a news release from the Ocala Police Department.

Detectives were soon able to identify a person of interest, Andrew Joseph Lobban.

While being interviewed by detectives, the 31-year-old man allegedly ‘fessed up to shooting the trio of men, who had all worked with him as bouncers at the Ocala Entertainment Complex.

Why do such a thing?

Lobban said that one of the men had recently “punk’d” him and videotaped it then showed the video to the other two men, who all laughed at him and teased him about the video, causing him embarrassment, the release stated.

Lobban also reportedly told detectives that he had harbored ill will towards the trio since this had occurred.
Tragically, some folks just can’t take a joke.

Cops charges Lobban with 3 counts of First Degree Felony Murder; No Bond.

Woman jailed after allegedly shooting man on dialysis table May 22, 2013

A woman has been charged with a shooting Monday morning that wounded a patient at an Orlando dialysis center, according to police.

Shemira R. Hargrove was charged with attempted murder (domestic violence) for the 9:30 a.m. shooting at the Florida Dialysis Center of Orlando on 34th Street, according to police spokesman Diego Toruno.

The victim has not been identified or the nature of his relationship with Hargrove. Details about the shooting also have not be released.

Hargrove, 32, who had been questioned at police headquarters since the shooting, will be taken to the Orange County Jail to be booked.

In December 2000, Hargrove was charged with shooting or throwing a missile into a dwelling or vehicle and criminal mischief. The charges were dismissed.

On Monday, the victim was taken to a local hospital and was described as alert when he left the dialysis center, Toruno said.

Gun malfunctioned 3 times as hubby, 44, attacked estranged wife, 23 May 21, 2013

Julio Villanueva-Vasquez DOB: 4/8/69 10202 Westbranch Court Tampa, FL

Charges:

• Attempted Felony Murder
• Burglary of Dwelling w/Assault
• Violation of Domestic Violence Injunction
• Criminal Mischief

Victim:

Katherinez Villanueva DOB: 1/18/1990

Details:

On May 19, 2013 at approximately 1:27 a.m., the defendant, Julio Villanueva-Vasquez used a tool to puncture the tires of a friend who was visiting the defendant’s estranged wife. The defendant then went to the main entry of the residence and used a tool to attempt to pry the door open. The victim heard strange noises at the door and observed the defendant through the window crouched down. The victim opened the door to take a picture as proof of the defendant being there. The defendant rushed in uninvited.
The defendant and the victim engaged in a physical struggle before the defendant pulled a semi-auto handgun from his waist area. He then pulled the trigger after pointing the gun at the victim’s chest. The gun did not fire so he racked the slide twice and fired twice more, but the gun malfunctioned. The defendant fled on foot.
The victim sustained a small laceration to the face. She positively identified Villanueva-Vasquez as her attacker. A domestic violence injunction was in effect against the defendant. He was located at his residence and arrested without incident.

What’s louder than blaring music? ….. How about GUNFIRE May 19, 2013

MARION COUNTY, FL (May 17, 2013) – On Wednesday, May 15, 2013, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office responded to 24900 N.E. 133rd Street, Salt Springs, in reference to a “shots fired” incident. At the scene, the victim told deputies Stanley A. Kaniewski, 72, of Salt Springs fired shots with a handgun. The victim said Kaniewski was angry about a   16-year-old playing his music loudly. “He came out of his house and began yelling obscenities and threatening to kill him, if he did not turn the music down,” the report reads.

The juvenile’s father approached Kaniewski’s home, according to the victim, and Kaniewski pointed a revolver at him. Neighbors say they heard gunshots, a male yelling and loud music. Deputies found the gun on a table inside Kaniewski’s home. Kaniewski apparently said he did not want to harm anyone as the gun only had bird shot in it and it would not hurt anyone anyway. Kaniewski was arrested.

ARRESTED:      Stanley A. Kaniewski
D.O.B:                11/13/1940
CHARGE:          Aggravated Assault

Quick … call the fashion police … Man wearing pink socks fired at women sitting on front porch May 18, 2013

An 18-year-old Orlando man is facing four counts of attempted first-degree murder after he allegedly fired several shots at people sitting on their front porch in the Richmond Heights area Monday night.

Three women and a 16-year-old girl who were sitting at the front porch of a home on Ravenall Avenue told Orlando police Antwan Perry Jr. walked by, and when he got a few houses north, he turned around and fired five shots at them.

The four victims told police they have had previous issues with Perry and his family, an arrest report released Tuesday said.

Perry, who was wearing black shorts, a white tank top and pink socks, continued walking to a house on nearby Kirkland Boulevard.

Police found Perry inside the home. He told officers he was walking and heard five shots come from over his head, the report said. He said he didn’t see who was shooting.

Newspaper deliveryman shot drunken man tapping on window with gun May 13, 2013

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – After allegedly firing off his gun four times Sunday  morning, Brian Scott Dickey II walked up to two newspaper deliverers, tapped on  the window with the gun and demanded they opened the door, according to Winter  Haven Police. But, the people in the car weren’t who he thought they were.

One of the newspaper deliverers, Douglas Romeo, reached into a lockbox,  pulled out his own gun and shot Dickey three times through the window.

WHPD spokesperson Jamie Brown said the altercation began when Dickey  started following Romeo and Tiffany Simo as they delivered Lakeland Ledger  newspapers in the area of West Lake Cannon Terrace in Winter Haven around 2:50  a.m. Sunday.

“The carriers stopped to prepare a few more papers for  delivery when they heard four pops,” Brown said. Dickey had allegedly discharged  four rounds from a .380 Bersa handgun. “Before they realized what was happening,  Dickey was at the driver’s side banging on the window.”

A person in the  area heard the shots and called 911, followed by a 911 call from the victims. By  the time police arrived, Dickey had left the scene, Brown said. He had been  wounded three times: under the right collarbone, below that wound and a third  round grazed his right arm.

“A short time later, another call to 911 was  received about a man who … at Dickey’s resident,” with gunshot wounds, Brown  said — less than half a mile from the shooting scene. Officers found Dickey at  the home and he was transported to Lakeland Regional Medical Center by  ambulance.

“After interviewing other residents at the home,” Brown said,  “it was determined that Dickey had consumed a large amount of alcohol earlier in  the evening.”
Investigators said Dickey got into a verbal argument with  his girlfriend and she contacted Dickey’s brother to come and intervene. When  Dickey’s brother arrived at the home, they argued and it escalated. The brother  left the home and Dickey got then gun and drove off to locate his brother.

He followed a vehicle, which he thought was his brother’s vehicle, but  it wasn’t.

“This guy got much more than he bargained for,” Winter Haven  Police Chief Gary Hester said in a statement Sunday. “These victims feared for  their lives and did exactly what they needed to do. This could have turned out  so much worse than it did.”

Dickey remained at Lakeland Regional Medical  Center with non-life threatening injuries Sunday evening.

Brown  said he will be booked into the Polk County Jail on charges of aggravated  assault with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm in public.

Romeo is not facing charges. Brown said he possess a valid State of Florida  Concealed Weapons Permit

Five shot, one fatally at Crab Festival…only it wasn’t a Crab Festival April 30, 2013

On April 27, 2013 at  approximately 8:00 P.M, LCSO Deputies responded to shots fired on County Road  318 (a/k/a NE 40^th    Street) east of the City of Williston.   The subsequent investigation revealed that 5 victims had been shot.  One of the victims, BARRY BARNEY (36 years of  age), died from his injuries.  Two  females and two males were wounded during the gunfire.  The extent of their injuries is unknown at  this time.  No suspects are currently in  custody.

The shooting occurred during  a large annual gathering of people labeled as “Crab Festival”.  This event attracted an estimated crowd of  10,000 people this year.  The event is  unsanctioned and no  individuals or organizations take credit for hosting the event.  The Festival is advertised underground  primarily through social media.  While it  is called the “Crab Festival”, it is actually a series of “Hip Hop” style  street parties.  Violent incidents have  been reported at the Festival in the past.   The event draws numerous vendors and large crowds to the neighborhoods  east of Williston.  The vendors, large  crowds and numbers of vehicles force the closing of many of the roads,  including County Road 318.

A large contingent of Levy  County Deputies was working the Festival and heard the gunshots.  Deputies and Emergency Medical personnel  responded immediately on foot and in vehicles to assist the injured.  The Levy County Department of Public Safety  had pre-staged ambulances and a Medical helicopter in the area for the  Festival.  The large crowds made it  impossible for ambulances to reach the wounded.   Despite the large crowds walking and dancing in the roadway, Deputies  and EMS personnel were able to evacuate the  victims in law enforcement and private vehicles.   Barney was taken to a local hospital by air,  but died enroute to the hospital.