Posted: 4:51 a.m. Monday, Nov. 26, 2012
It’s Cyber Monday, and it’s expected to be the biggest online shopping day for the third year in row. Online sales for Black Friday were pretty good as well, up over twenty per cent.
It’s the fourth suspicious fire in a two block radius in less than a year for one St Petersburg neighborhood, with the latest on 2nd Avenue South Sunday morning. That fire had crews from Treasure Island, South Pasadena, and St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue responding.
A seventeen-year old boy who police say was defending his mother shot and killed his father over the weekend. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the home in Plant City where Christopher Thorpe was allegedly strangling his wife Jill. Their son fired several shots, striking both and killing the father. Jill Thorpe was taken to Lakeland Regional Hospital and was treated and released. Her son is in her custody.
A St Pete woman who witnesses say was riding a manatee off Ft DeSoto earlier this year was arrested at work Saturday morning. Ana Gutierrez is charged with violating the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act. She could face a $500 fine or up to 60 days in the county jail if convicted of the second-degree misdemeanor, and was released on bond Saturday.
The trial of Dee-Dee Moore, the woman accused of killing Polk County lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare begins today. Several national media outlets are in town to cover the trial of the woman who is accused of burying the body behind a home in Plant City.
Atlanta stopped the Buc’s winning streak yesterday by one point. Final score at Ray Jay was 24-23.
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