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Top Stories: Winston NFL Probe; Seminole Heights; Murder Verdict
Week In Review: The top 5 Tampa Bay stories on Patch sites in the last week.

Here are five of the week's top headlines on Tampa Bay Patches:
Seminole Heights: The former "person of interest" in the Seminole Heights shootings is now considered a suspect, Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan. At an afternoon press conference Wednesday, the police chief showed a video taken moments before the latest shooting and near the crime scene. Dugan said police believe the suspect shown in that video is the same man shown in a video taken in the area where the first shooting occurred on Oct. 9 . Benjamin Mitchell was shot and died from his wounds. Tampa Police: We Have A Suspect In Seminole Heights Shootings
Guilty Verdict: A Pasco County jury found Adam Matos guilty on all four counts of first-degree murder in his quadruple murder trial on Thursday. Matos, 32, was found guilty in the 2014 deaths of his ex-girlfriend Megan Brown, her new boyfriend, Nick Leonard, Brown's father, Greg Brown and her mother, Margaret Brown. Matos Found Guilty In Quadruple Murder Trial: Report
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Child Abuse Arrests: Coleman Middle School principal and his wife, a Plant High teacher, were arrested for child abuse, police said. Principal Michael Hoskinson, 53, is accused of punching a teenage girl in the ribs twice and the teacher identified as Kimberly Hoskinson, 49, pushed the teen, police said. The incident did not occur at either school and is not related to their school jobs, police said. The incident occurred at 11:14 p.m. Monday during a verbal altercation. The teen, who was not identified, suffered bruised ribs and an injured wrist as the result of a fall. Tampa Police Arrest Principal, Teacher On Child Abuse Charges
Winston Investigation: The NFL is investigating an allegation that Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston groped a female Uber driver in 2016, BuzzFeed News reported. A letter was sent from the NFL's special counsel for investigations to the Uber driver on Thursday. Eagles cornerback Ronald Darby, a former FSU teammate, said he was with Winston on the Uber ride along with a friend and said the allegations are untrue. The incident occurred in Scottsdale, Arizona. Bucs Jameis Winston Accused Of Groping Uber Driver: Report
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Strawberry Festival: Brad Paisley, Reba McEntire, The Band Perry and Jerry Lee Lewis will be among the 24 artists performing at the 2018 Florida Strawberry Festival. Other artists performing at the festival include: Engelbert Humperdinck, Earth, Wind & Fire, Trace Adkins, Justin Moore and "I Love the 90s Tour" featuring Vanilla Ice, Tone Loc and Salt-N-Pepa. Brad Paisley, Reba McEntire To Perform at Strawberry Festival
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