| Dad With Knife Told Brawling Son To 'Hit Him Good'
A Tampa man drove to where his son was using a baseball bat to assault a juvenile on Sunday, pulled a knife from his trunk and told his son to fight the juvenile, Hillsborough County deputies say. Ivan Montanez, 42, told his son to "go ahead – hit him, hit him good," a criminal arrest affidavit states. Montanez then approached the juvenile, waved the knife and said he would poke the child's eyes out and cut him up, according to the affidavit. Montanez, of 136 Rodney Lane, was arrested Sunday. He faces a felony count of aggravated assault with a knife and a misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He was in Orient Road Jail with bail set at $2,500. A search yielded no record of arrests for Montanez in Florida.
Driver arrested as Florida fugitive
CLINTON TOWNSHIP: A motorist was arrested as a fugitive this weekend after police learned he was wanted for child kidnapping and related charges in Florida, authorities said yesterday. Police said they stopped Martin Morales Jr., 26, of Haines City, Fla., on Sunday for driving erratically on Route 22 near Petticoat Lane. After giving a false identity, police said they learned Morales was wanted for kidnapping a child under 13 and lewd or lascivious molestation out of Osceola, Fla. Morales was charged with being an out-of-state fugitive and possession of fraudulent government documents, according to authorities. He was taken to the Hunterdon County Jail in Flemington, where he was held without bail while awaiting extradition, police said.
COMPLETE STORY: Man Arrested In Shaken Baby's Death
SEBRING — A Sebring man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bail Wednesday, charged with aggravated battery on a child, in connection with injuries to a 3-month-old girl. The baby, Alexa Hall, later died at St. Joseph's Hospital. Edgar Michael Otero, 29, was arrested Tuesday night and charged in the aggravated child cruelty case.According to the arrest report, the baby was brought by the child's mother, Brandy Hall, 21, to a Sebring home where Otero was staying. A witness, who is only referred to as "other" in the report, told investigators that at some point the baby was jerking and went limp. According to Sheriff's Lt. John Chess, the baby was brought to Florida Hospital at 6 a.m. Monday, and was flown out by Aeromed at 10 a.m.
Man Accused Of Shopping In Publix After Hours
Officers arrested a late-night customer at a downtown Publix supermarket after he barreled through the doors using two shopping carts and broke several bottles of wine, police said. Daniel Hillman, 22, of Tampa, was released from a Hillsborough County Jail on $7,000 bail shortly after his arrest about 2 a.m. Sunday, records show. Jail records list Hillman as a research technician at the University of South Florida. Tampa police responded to the Publix at 243 Bayshore Blvd. about 1:46 a.m. because of a burglar alarm. Once at the store, officers found two sets of glass doors at the store front smashed from shopping carts and Hillman hiding in an unlocked car at the store's rear. The officers discovered 10 rocks of crack cocaine in Hillman's possession, police said.
Notorious '60s Fugitive Finally Faces Judgment
After skipping bail in a 1965 mail fraud case, former Florida haberdasher Joseph Adjmi rebuilt his life as Joe Klein, a women's clothier on the Mediterranean island of Majorca, Spain. He married, fathered two daughters who adore him, and retired in the United Kingdom, according to his attorney, Greg Kehoe. By outward appearances, life was good. But Adjmi says he spent his life looking over his shoulder, always afraid he would be arrested. Kehoe said Adjmi suffered from anxiety-related mental illness and tried to commit suicide. Kehoe has said Adjmi has struggled with depression for several years and has had several psychotic episodes. If he had it to do over again, a federal judge asked Adjmi Thursday at his sentencing, would he do the same thing? "No!" he declared emphatically.
Courier News Online - CLINTON TWP.: Cops nab fugitive during routine traffic stop
A fugitive with outstanding warrants for kidnapping and molestation was apprehended Sunday by township police. Township police Lt. Ryan Melsky stopped a vehicle for erratic driving on Route 22 West near Petticoat Lane at about 1:25 a.m. on Sunday, according to a report. The driver, Juan Gonzalez-Diaz, 40, with addresses in Charlotte, N.C., and Pittsburgh, Pa., was driving with a suspended driver's license, according to the report.
Melsky then learned that Gonzalez-Diaz's passenger had a fake California driver's license and fake social security card in the name of "Alejandro Ramirez," and was arrested and taken to police headquarters for fingerprinting, the report indicated.
Gonzalez-Diaz was released and not charged.
After fingerprinting, the man's true identity was determined to be Martin Morales, Jr., 26, of Haines City, Fla., and once his information was entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), Melsky discovered that he was wanted out of Osceola County, Fla., for Kidnapping of a Child Under 13, False Imprisonment of a Child Under 13, and Lewd or Lascivious Molestation, according to the report.
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