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HomeMy WebLinkAboutADClient Name: Ad Number. CITY OF MIAMI-CITY CL N_ N Metro And StateIB6/Dad O CT) M h • fa X Insertion Number: m Iv a U lenn1F01 . UYILH AND NATALIE P. MCHEAL wdcrnor rmaIaniHeral d wm Broward Sheriffs Deputy Brian Tephford, the father of twin toddlers and a 4-year old ski, was shot to death execut- ing one of the most routine but dangerous acts that a law enforcement deputy will face: a traffic atop. And it was the kind of stop Met Tephford had the expert. ence to conduct, a simple reg- iakeno a check. Records show that In one year, Tephford had handed out 406 traffic cllatioua. On Monday, two days after the 34-year-old Tamarac dep- uty was slain and another wounded, new details emerged about the traffic stop -turned ambush that claimed the deputy's life end led to the arrests of three sus- pects. Among details, according to Invealigatura: that the aua. body wee found dumped In the Everglades in 2002. CASE PICKS UP Over the put 48 hours, lnveetigaturs executed search warrants and questioned wlt- nesaes,iacluding the eurviv- leg deputy, Corey Carboccl, 37, In an effort to put together a timeline of the tragedy. Tephford did not have a dash- board surveillance camera in hie pollee cruiser, BSC: said. Still, at the end of the day, there still seemed to be more queatlons than answers, and Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne was tight-lipped about the inveetigatlon. "We feel very strongly about this case, and let me tell you, this Is going to be the moll methodical cue that the sheriffs office ever did," Jenne said at a press confer - CAM Tephford died at 12:01 a.m. Sunday from two bullet Corolla that didn't appear to have proper registration. Tephford celled for backup — which la normal protocol — end Carboccl arrived within aminute, according to BSO. Tephford apake to the female driver, Shama Spen. cer. Tephford returned to his marked patrol car and began to check the registration on his computer. in the men - time, Carbocci exited his vehicle and was standing out- side Taphford'a cruiser, Suddenly. shots rang out. Authorities en Ingraham, a plunger in the Toyota, jumped out Muting. Investi- gators later found dosenr of casings from two weapons — both .40 caliber — scattered around the crime scene. Tephford was shot In the chest and the leg. Carbocci, meanwhile, began running toward hie car, 'marching for cover, and was shot twice in They all lumped Into a white Geo Matra and sped away, eventually crashing at a atrlp mall at Oakland Park Boulevard and Hiatus Road. Tephford and Carbocci waren:shed to Broward Med• ice] Center, where Tephford was pronounced dead. Car - bocci is recuperating In the hospital and expected to be released this week. PAIR ARRESTED Seventeen hours later, Ingraham; Delency, 19; and Forbes, 22, were In BSC cue- tody, arrested et a Dania Beach moteL After news of Inggraham's arrest, several agenclat [poke with DSO detectives about the alleged killer end his possible links to aeeveral other homl- cldct. One of those it the Aug, 19, 2002, murder of Karp. Miami Herald staff writer Roberto Santiago contributed to this reporL Broward sheriff reviews bulletproof vest policy EE For law enforcement In Broward County — like many across the state and notion -- westing a bulletproof vest Is recommended, but not mandatory, BY JENNIFER LEDOVICH AND ROBERTO SANTIAGO t'rtavfthre8wi'Horn/d.cwn in Meroh, Broward Sher - Iffy Deputy Brian Tephford — a six -year veteran -- Mimed. a legal waiver to work without wearing a bulletproof Year. 'I recognize that my fall• ore to wear protective body armor may subject me to pot. alble physical harm, injury or death," reads his two -page waiver, In which he also accepts the risks and absolves the rlteriffs office deny legal ♦! MIAMIHIAALO,COM: CLICK ON r TODAY'S EOTRAO TO READ THE WAIVER SIGNED BY BRIAN IEPHF0R0 APO TO SEE THE BSO'S VEST -WEARING POLICY damages associated with his failure to wear his vest. Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne is reevaluating his department's policies about wearing protective vests as a result of Tephford's slaying during a routine traffic atop Saturday night In Tamarac. At a hospital newa confer. ante Monday, with the wife of a wounded officer at hie aide, Jenne expressed relief that the wounded officer's life Wray, have been spared because he bad been wearing it bulletproof vest. The wife of Deputy Corey Carbocci said her husband "had angels watching him" Saturday night when he was shot during the traffic atop, "He's very fortunate to be here," Nildy Carbocci sold. 1t wasn't clear whether the vest saved Carbocci'. life. But Tephford — who wasn't wearing a vest — was killed, and the death was enough to give Jenne pause. "We're looking et our manual right now about making It menthe tory." femur said. "AS you know, every deputy sheriff Is given one. When 1 issue the attar to each deputy, 1 make aura that they're wearing it" The incident unfolded shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday, when Tephford. 34, pulled over a car shortly after D p.m. and called for backup, When Carbocci arrived, a man In the car, Identified by BSC as Eloyn Ingraham, opened fire. Tephford,34, was shot and liter pronounced deed at Broward General Medical Confer. Carbocci, 37, who was standing near Tephford'* cruiser when he was shot, was wearing a protective vast and is expected to make a Cull recovery. doctors said Mon- day. Moshe Stay, a trauma sm. Keen et Broward General, said the vest may have saved Car. beacl'. life, "1 never saw the veal, but 1 asrurne lit saved him] because Willem Is a hut• let through the vest, the vest caved his life." For law enforcement In Broward County — like many anon the state and nation — wearing a bulletproof vest is recommended, but not man- datory, City of Miami a Department of Community Development PUBLIC NOTICE Thursday, December 14, 2008 et 10:30 A.M. City of Miami Commission Chamber 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, Ft, 33133 Federal regulations governing CDBG and other HUD programs require that a participating Jurisdiction provide cllzene with reasonable notice of and an opportunity to comment on any amendments to funding of HUD pmgrame. In addition. the public is advised of the proposed amendment(s) to the funding of the City program(s) Indicated below: ' Discussion and Proposed Resolutions authori2eng the transfer of funds for the following agenda Items'k $emcee of Allocation AedOmtrib d' Activity Name City of Mlaml Department of Community Development•Long Term Rental Assistance-30th year (1DISR1715) Total: Urban Development Co oration-31d year (1011950) Total: Allapattah Buelnesa Development Authority, Inc. - 29th year (IDISA1468) City of Miami Neighborhood Enhancement Term offices- 0101Se 1840) ic As�lGardens ti n (Inl81084) City of Miami (101Set173j Total; $585,609.93 18B5,008.93 S50,000,00 100.000.00 2,500.00 $3,857,00 W5,060.00 $28,543.00 $70,000.00 City of Miami Department of Community Devetopment- (IDISE2187) City of Miami Department of Community Development 0D15e2159) Tarpon Bay USA, Inc. I1Diu 1B32j Long Term Rental Assistance- 32nd year Total: District 2 Economic Development -Unallocated Account - 32nd Year Tntall_ Funds to be Melted for Commercial Rehabilitation and the creation of six lobs for residonta of LilIte Han, District Total: 558.5,009.03 I585,009.03 $50,000.00 ▪ 0,000.00 70,000.00 $70,000.00 'f TM adoption of lhl. C,610.e r0a.Dtullopnu, by the eay Commission, tern o,151 the City Manor to emend Tthe appropriate City w MIOn�m ssdpewl Amite PMn. November ve14 �2000 rulninnee Deee w06,, 13, ➢2400O,.. pblic pmpoosed emenAn oMly eel and renew for • period of I�wenlw o SO Co mdse maw for *wantool m Thwaary, Ina n, ocarmor , N°ha fpub'c Meek t Orrt ogpla ell be amen* at the CNy of Salami Daps/rant of Community pantomime dilia Heated M 444 8W 206 menu, arid purr, Miami, Prongs, 88183. Comments et the amadawn must 04 weaned in wrong to: 444 SW endA,.nw,B,d ODD; hem!, Ronda, 70190: At&,: Axel Rite, metaled Ind lduels enencesseped 10 attend leis Public Hearing. The meeting ell. a Deeu.lele to the hendloeppere Reeves% ter pet ▪ Ioreemendat{o,u maybe drapedtothe Dapal of C0snmun0yOa0Nopmenl atp0a]4152000 no Oats then three ITI business Days fees to 1hs Public Hiving Pete. I Ad tvniarn$ "SNAKES,FROH 18 park, federal and state wildlife agencies and regional water teenagers to control the spread of the Burmese python — en exotic predator big, bed and voracious enough to potentially upset the minaret balance of the Everglades. Researchers have found the remains of a menagerie of native wildlife. from birds to bobcats, in the guts of cap- tured snakes. Photographs of one bizarre encuanter last year made the Invasion worldwide news when a 13. (outer exploded after 'wal- lowing more than It could digest — a six-foot alligator. "We know one thing, there la no silver bullet for control- ling this problem," said Ever. glades superintendent Dan Kimball at a news conference at park headquarters near Homestead. Beyond targeting snakes in the wild.* handful of agencies are taking aim at importers, who ship in thousands of the 5outheaat Asian conttrictora annually, and snake owners. By February, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conserva- tion Commission will con - alder new rules requiring owners of Burmese pythone end four other large constric- tors to acquire state permits and put the snakes in locked cages. Another rule would require insetting microchips — limiter tat the IN routinely implanted in many furry pets — to make it easier to track scofflaws. The U.S. Ptah and Wildlife Servlce and the South Florida Water Management District — which ha. thrown $50,000 into research and started rounding up snakes on Jts vast land holdings — also are pushing to add Burmese pythons to a list of 'Injurious" apeetea, which would make it more difficult to both import and buy them. It's increasingly clear that pythons, which can top 20 feet in length and tank among the world's largest anakea, aren't likely to slither away on their own, said Snow. RECORD NUMBERS With nearly two rsonthe left in the year, the number of captures In Everglades National Park has jumped to 142 — a SO percent incre100 over all of 2005. While that may not sound like a tot of snakes in a vast park, annual captures represent only a fraction of the actual popula- tion. There are even more showing up outside the park. Bob Hill, who wrangles snakes on state lands owned by the South Florida Water Management District, said heat handled "hundreds" of calls in the last few years, 1n the winter, Hill add, the snakes particularly seem to enjoy sunning themselves on the L•67 Eaat levee. Until 2000, only about a dozen pythons had ever been documented in the park. For reasons not yet understood, It's been a steady and disturb- ing climb since. The python problem was initially caused by pet owners no longer able or willing to care fora critter that is lopa- hie, potentially, of crushing the life out of them. A few owners have been strangled by overgrown pets. While dumping la Brill con- sidered a major source of snakes, the larger concern la that it foreign species has not only managed to survive but thrive. Tile Burmese are breeding, producing offspring that eat just about anything -- and a lot of anything. Snow and Ste- phen 5ecar, a University of Alabama biologist, have esti- mated fora python to reach an adult breeding size of about 70 pounds, it would have to gulp anus 210 pounda of &storied mice, birds, rab- bita, rectoans and gators. Even controlling the snakes already out there will be a daunting challenge. Snow, who has tracked the proliferation of pythons far years Dud now is In charge of finding ways to wipe them out, laid researchers are only now developing good ways to track and trap creatures that can live in lust about any Everglades habitat, wet or dry. They're also virtually Invisible, except when they choose to aunbathe along roads or swim in a creek. Some dozen new, phologre- phera struggled to locate a barely moving 10-tooter freed in a dry sowgraes prairie — rlgltt In front of their lemma, EARLY SUCCESS Radio -tracking has proved a promising first step. Last year, scientists released four anakea, each surgically Implanted with two $250 redo transmitters about Lite site of a lipstick tube with a foot -long wire antenna. Scientlati recovered all four snakes and captured a dozen others, successful enough to up the high-tech squad to seven for this breed - log season. The radlo tracks also revealed some fascinating facia about the big snakes' movement through Ilse Ever. glade,. During wet season, one was recorded moving au astounding 20 mllea or so from the east side [lithe park ail the way to Dig Cypress National Preserve. Snow speculate* big snakes are capable of covering long distances quickly, their heavy bodies apparently buoyed by the rising water — 8 trait that also would allow them to eas- ily cruise South Florida's net- work of canals. During the drier winter, they tend to stay In smeller areas, such as tree islands, which can be prey -rich wild- life havens but also may be Important breeding grounda. Because pythons are wily hunters, patiently welting to pounce on passing prey, a trap baited with a rodent or rabbit may not be all that effective, So researchers are looking for an Alternative and pouibly more enticing lure — sesual attraction. They're studying the scent trails snakes leave behind a, chemical signal, to where of their species. 10oiadng and synthesizing sexual manta, celled phnramonea, could become a critical tool for attracting wily pythons into trap.. Snow has ivat finished an application for ;102,000 in federal funding to launch the study. "Snakes have some kind of way to find each other," he said. "1f we can gat a clue to what that Is, It will certainly help" Girl'OF NDRTH MIAMI BEAN PUBLIC NOTICE COMMUNITY MEETINGS NOCE SHOW GPO DIM 11e Ma'4RN100EY 041110ILHAW E046014MEOWS GARDele MN PSIS Nw WWI ONE W�1E4011a1611)1Salt 18 t WAIN BUN ANL BEAAt0m a 10411We4YMm ONSap173. COMM1Ian Cr1010 03621 NE 21 81E1 SPIAaEARFA 11 ,0Ee,11,2006 710PM 1EMIYE0E131 118801 is tutu ALL mm15115 PARTIES ARE lanai TOMEMO TIE A90VE•0ESCRBEOMEEINp8L swum* tag cm MEAN • aowwws I. 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