April 2007

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April 28, 2007

MurderAuction.com: 'eBay' for the Macabre?

Roy Brown was notified of this website yesterday and it caused him unnecessary stress. Like Roy, all of us wonder how anything can be auctioned and the proceeds go to a prisoner on death row. Florida State Statute prohibits an... ... more

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April 27, 2007

Jefferson High Football Star Gunned Down

TAMPA - Grief counselors are at Jefferson High today for students and staff members mourning the loss of a star football player. Cedric Jammar Mills, 17, named one of the best high school football players in the state, died... ... more

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Family, Jefferson High Friends Mourn Slain Football Star

TAMPA - Thursday, while crime-scene technicians sifted the dirt in his yard, Vidal Mills regretted not taking his son with him for a drive a day earlier. The former Tampa Bay Buccaneer and his son, Cedric, known to all... ... more

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Man Gets 15 Years For Porn

TAMPA - In an emotion-packed hearing, an ailing 62-year-old Vietnam veteran pleaded guilty to 45 charges of possessing photos that depict sex with children. At the hearing Thursday morning, prosecutors asked the judge to sentence John Hoagland to 20 years... ... more

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April 17, 2007

Police find child porn tapes

A sex offender made the tapes in the '70s and kept them under his bed, investigators say. By JACOB H. FRIES AND JONATHAN ABEL Published April 17, 2007 CLEARWATER - A registered sex offender has been arrested and charged with... ... more

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April 15, 2007

Onstott Case Shines Harsh Light On Policies

TAMPA - On April 16, 2005, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies found the decomposing body of 13-year-old Sarah Michelle Lunde after a five-day search. The next day, Sheriff David Gee announced that David Lee Onstott, a sometimes boyfriend of Sarah's mother,... ... more

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April 13, 2007

Child Porn Hunt Nets Teacher

Editorial: Again a person of trust involved with children, not only at school but in a scout troop, is arrested and suspected of being involved with child porn. It seems that the passing of laws doesn't reduce the number of... ... more

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April 12, 2007

Man charged in rape of 10-year-old girl

NORTH PORT -- Police arrested a 52-year-old North Port man Tuesday on a felony county of sexual battery on a child under 12. A 10-year-old girl told police Victor A. Lambert, an employee of PGT Industries in Venice, would pick... ... more

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Ex-Convict Arrested On Felony Sex Charges

TAMPA - After serving about seven years in prison for impregnating a 16-year-old, Mark Allen Browder reached out to another girl that age and a younger friend, plying them with wine coolers before molesting them, police said. Tampa police on... ... more

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April 10, 2007

MCIC Advisory Board members

Roy and Sylvia will be traveling to Tallahassee next month. The next MCIC AB meetings will be held at the FDLE Headquarters building located at 2331 Phillips Road, Tallahassee, Florida on May 7 & 8, 2007. The Committee meetings will... ... more

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72-Year-Old Busted on Child Porn Charges

TAMPA A multiagency task force including the FBI arrested a 72-year-old Tampa man on Sunday, charging him with receiving or possessing child pornography. Roger Stowell, of 4808 Wynwood Drive, was held without bail at Orient Road Jail on Monday. The... ... more

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Four-Year-Old Shoots Father

From The Associated Press ORLANDO - Authorities say an Orange County man was shot in the arm by his four-year-old son. Deputies say Bruce Tanner left his Glock .45-caliber handgun out yesterday. His son picked it up and accidentally shot... ... more

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April 8, 2007

HAPPY EASTER

May Peace and Love consume the world from this day forward.... ... more

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NOTES FROM FRIENDS

The Amanda Brown Foundation receives many e-mails from people expressing their thoughts and prayers and we appreciate your corresponce. We will begin sharing some of these e-mails with you begining today. Here are two we just received and thought you... ... more

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April 5, 2007

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

to Open New Office in Austin, Texas Mrs. Laura Bush Thanks Texans Working to Protect Children Alexandria, VA – April 4, 2007 – The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) announced today it will open a new regional... ... more

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April 4, 2007

CHRISTOPHER BARRIOS MEMORIAL

This memorial website was created to remember our dearest Christopher Michael Barrios who was born in Brunswick Georgia on January 2, 2001 and passed away on March 15, 2007 at the age of 6. You will live forever in our... ... more

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April 3, 2007

Bones Unearth Quiet Fear

By BRIAN SKOLOFF The Associated Press FORT MYERS - The discovery of eight human skeletons in a remote, wooded area just east of downtown has authorities quietly wondering whether a serial killer might be at work. Using wire screens and... ... more

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April 2, 2007

Florida community sues to remove child

GOD BLESS AMERICA! The land of freedom. LARGO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida homeowners group wants three-year-old Kimberly Broffman to take her Big Wheel and hit the road. They've banded together to oust the toddler from their Tampa-area community, which... ... more

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Florida community sues to remove child

GOD BLESS AMERICA! The land of freedom. LARGO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida homeowners group wants three-year-old Kimberly Broffman to take her Big Wheel and hit the road. They've banded together to oust the toddler from their Tampa-area community, which... ... more

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28 Men Charged With Soliciting Child Sex

Some traveled across the state and others were just a county away, but detectives said the men came for the same reason: to have sex with youngsters they met on the Internet. When they arrived at a house in Polk... ... more

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April 1, 2007

TEMPLE TERRACE - Police on Friday charged 65-year-old Eugene Gary Conklin with 804 counts of possession of child pornography, said Temple Terrace police spokesman Mike Dunn. On Jan. 12, Conklin’s wife contacted police and said she’d seen him downloading... ... more

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