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Tony Marrero

Criminal Justice and Breaking News Reporter

A Baltimore native, I've lived in the Tampa Bay area since 1998 and have been a reporter here for nearly that long. I joined the Times in 2009 and have covered beats ranging from from education to criminal courts. I now cover breaking news and general assignment stories in the Tampa bureau, which means I never know exactly what will come my way on any given day. I like that variety and enjoy digging to tell readers more about the big stories of the day.

  1. A Clearwater plane crash took his wife. He’s figuring out how to go on.
    March 26• Pinellas
  2. Pasco prosecutors drop battery charge against Hillsborough sheriff’s deputy
    March 21• Crime
  3. Lakeland man arrested in Plant City crash that killed infant daughter
    March 19• Crime
  5. Woman fatally struck by train in Seffner, deputies say
    March 13• Hillsborough
  6. Prosecutors file murder charge, allege hate crime in Tampa dog park shooting
    March 8• Tampa
  7. Pinellas deputies recover body of swimmer, 17, who went missing off Indian Shores
    March 7• Pinellas
  8. Authorities searching for missing swimmer off Indian Shores
    March 6• Pinellas
  9. Pilot in Clearwater plane crash couldn’t see airpark runway lights, report says
    March 5• Clearwater
  10. A man killed his wife and himself at a St. Petersburg assisted living facility. Why?
    March 5• St. Petersburg
  11. Safety Harbor man faces vehicular homicide charge in crash on US 19
    March 4• Crime
  12. Plant City police arrest man on murder charge in fatal shooting of boy, 14
    March 1• News
  13. St. Pete police arrest man wanted on murder charge in brother’s death
    March 1• Breaking News
  14. Plant City police investigating death of boy, 14, as a homicide
    Feb. 29• Crime
  15. Brother of St. Petersburg man struck by car wanted on murder charge
    Feb. 28• Crime
  16. Suspect in double-fatal Largo crash arrested for making online threat, police say
    Feb. 27• Crime
  17. Man fired shots after crash near Amalie Arena in Tampa, police say
    Feb. 26• Crime
  18. Man faces murder charge after mother found dead in Keystone home on her birthday
    Feb. 21• Breaking News
  19. Hillsborough teacher arrested after punching autistic student, deputies say
    Feb. 20• Crime
  20. Tampa Bay disc golf community mourns brothers killed in Largo double homicide
    Feb. 18• Crime
  21. Person dies after being pulled from burning Pasco home
    Feb. 18• Breaking News
  22. Florida State Fair postpones opening on Sunday due to weather
    Feb. 18• Entertainment
  23. Pinellas jail inmate dies from suspected fentanyl overdose, deputies say
    Feb. 12• Crime
  24. A fatal shooting riles a Tampa dog park. Was it self-defense or more sinister?
    Feb. 8• Tampa