Crime
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Few answers as Orlando shooting investigation moves into fourth day
News / Public Safety By Zachary T. Sampson, Samuel Howard, Anthony Cormier, Howard Altman and Kathryn Varn / Tampa Bay Times / June 15, 2016 PHOTO: Investigators comb the crime scene Wednesday at Pulse, a gay nightclub where a gunman killed 49 people. Authorities released little information Wednesday but said they hoped the area around the club…
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Complaints, investigations not enough for Orlando nightclub shooter to lose his security job
News / Public Safety By Howard Altman / Tampa Bay Times / June 14, 2016 PHOTO: Omar Mateen has been identified as the gunman who killed 49 people in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando early Sunday. (MySpace via AP) A former coworker said that that long before Omar Mateen became the deadliest mass shooter in…
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How far should we go in preparing for future mass shootings? (w/video)
News / Public Safety By Howard Altman / Tampa Bay Times / June 12, 2016 VIDEO: Regardless of his motive, Omar Mateen’s massacre at an Orlando nightclub has once again sparked a debate about the role of weapons in society and how to protect so-called “soft” targets like nightclubs, malls and other places where large…
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Man Says Police Put Him At Risk
He Claims To Be Snitch; Officers Say Loan Shark TAMPA – Most confidential informants like to stay confidential. It’s safer that way. But Richard Sabol is no ordinary informant. An attorney for the 45-year-old repeat offender, who was arrested April 15 in connection with a loan-sharking investigation, told a judge in court papers Wednesday that…