Police asking for help finding shooter who killed Tampa man

 

 

  

By TBO.com
Published: January 31, 2012
Updated: January 31, 2012 – 9:10 AM

Tampa police are asking for the public’s help to find a suspect who shot and killed a man in the 6000 block of River Terrace late Monday night.

Police found Ralph Norman Patrinostro, 28, 914 West Idlewild Avenue, dead in the street from an apparent gunshot wound, said Laura McElroy, spokeswoman for the Tampa Police Department.

Police were called to the scene just after 11 p.m. when someone reported hearing at least three shots fired, McElroy said.

No more information was available.

Anyone who heard or saw anything suspicious is asked to call Tampa police at 813-231-6130.

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Shooting in our Grid near the River

There aren’t a lot of details but I’ll post them as they become available. I have my speculation though that this wasn’t random. If you’ve been down in that area lately there are a few slumlords and their tenants are on the shady side.

Police looking for suspect who shot, killed man in Tampa 

 

By TBO.com
Published: January 31, 2012 Updated: January 31, 2012 – 5:44 AM

Tampa police are searching for a suspect who shot and killed a man in the 6000 block of River Terrace late Monday night.

Police were still working to determine the man’s name and age.

Police were called to the scene just after 11 p.m. when someone reported hearing at least three shots fired, said Lt. S. Hartnett, spokesman for the Tampa Police Department.

Officers found the man dead in the street, Hartnett.

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Daily Report 1-11-2012

S-25

Burglary

12-22082

1-11

0600-2035

57 6000 Blk River Terrace Sgt Peters, Squad 212

Unknown person(s) unlawfully kicked in the front door of the listed residence and removed approximately $3800 worth of property from within. The property included two flat screen televisions, a Mac book Pro (S/N obtained), and a Louis Vitton purse. A potential witness was located who described a white male in his twenties with dark hair seen in the house between 1400-1500 hours. CST responded and processed the scene. Print lifted.

Daily Report 12-31 to 1-2

And just as I was thinking we escaped this holiday season without incident, we had two burglaries on the same street.

S-25 Burglary

12-31 to 1-1

57 5900 Blk N. Highland

 

There is a possible known suspect in this case. The rear window of the victim’s residence was broken into and 2 televisions, a desktop computer, a Playstation 3 with 5 games, and approximately $2,000 US Currency were removed. No S/N’s available at this time.

1-2 1501

51 5910 N. Highland

The two defs. unlawfully entered the victim’s residence and stole approximately $1280 in electronics. Ofc J. Brown developed the suspect Martinez during his initial investigation. This information was passed on to ROC Ofcs Kamat and Bowie. On this date, they located both defs. and through further investigation and interviews developed probable cause for their arrest. They were both charged with burglary / grand theft and booked at Orient Rd jail. Efforts to recover the stolen property are ongoing.

Trash Schedule for the Holidays-

The residential and commercial collection schedule for City of Tampa Solid Waste customers will not be affected by the Christmas Holiday for the week of Sunday, December 25, 2011 through Saturday, December 31, 2011. Both collection services will run as normal. The McKay Bay Transfer Station/Scalehouse will not be affected by the Christmas Holiday, but will run a modified schedule on Christmas Eve, closing at 12 p.m. on Saturday December 24, 2011. The residential and commercial collection schedule for City of Tampa Solid Waste customers with regularly scheduled collection days on Monday will be affected by the New Year’s Day Holiday. There will be no residential garbage, yard-waste recycling, or blue-box recycling collection on Monday, January 2, 2012. Residential garbage collection services for customers affected by the holiday will resume on Thursday, January 5, 2012. Residential blue-box recycling and yard-waste recycling collection will resume on the next regularly scheduled recycling day. Commercial Services will occur one day after the normal collection day for the week of Monday, January 2, 2012 through Saturday, January 7, 2012. The McKay Bay Transfer Station/Scalehouse will run a modified schedule on New Year’s Eve, closing at 12 p.m. on Saturday December 31, 2011. The facility will be closed on Monday, January 2, 2012. Normal operating hours will resume on Tuesday, January 3, 2012. For questions or concerns, please contact City of Tampa Utility Services Customer Care at (813) 348-1111, or visit the website at www.tampagov.net The City of Tampa Christmas tree collection service will run Monday, January 2, 2012, through Friday, January 6, 2012. Residents are asked to remove all decorations and lights, cut trees limbs to four feet lengths, bundle, and place at curbside on their regularly scheduled yard-waste collection day.

City Council passes impound law

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TAMPA –

TAMPA In an effort to clean up some of Tampa’s most troubled neighborhoods, City Council members voted 6-1 this morning to let police confiscate the cars of anyone arrested for soliciting prostitutes or dealing drugs.

The new rule, which has the support of police, goes into effect immediately.

Councilwoman Mary Mulhern cast the lone dissenting vote.

On Dec. 1, Mulhern opposed the measure because, she said, it could pose a hardship for one-car families should a family member run afoul of the law. Anyone whose car is impounded will have to pay $500 plus towing fees to retrieve it.

This week, Mulhern reminded council members that previous attempts to impound vehicles of suspected johns have lost in court.

“I’m even more concerned about the legality of this,” Mulhern said. “It troubles me.”

Mulhern also was worried that the fines levied on impounded cars could encourage police to enforce the rule more aggressively than might be needed.

A previous incarnation of the impound ordinance, proposed by then-Councilman Bob Buckhorn in 1997, netted the city hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

Now mayor, Buckhorn revived the measure this year on the heels or an ordinance banning panhandling on city streets every day except Sundays. Both measures confront quality-of-life issues arising out of tough economic times.

In a written statement, Buckhorn praised the council decision.

“At the end of the day, these offenders will have to go home, without their vehicles, and face their families and the consequences of breaking the law,” he said.

The city’s original impound ordinance’s fines supplemented the police budget. The new ordinance pumps those fines into the city’s operating budget.

Civil-rights advocates have fought similar rules elsewhere, noting that they turn the legal philosophy of innocent-until-proved-guilty on its head.

City attorneys have assured council members that the new rule will stand up to a court challenge.

Supporters of the impound rule argued it will clean up troubled neighborhoods and improve property values.

Councilwoman Yvonne Yolie Capin had little patience for arguments that the rule violated suspected johns’ civil rights.

“Neighborhood residents have civil right, too,” she said. “They have a right to live in safe neighborhoods.”