TAMPA Jacey Laundree, the sister of one of the two Apollo Beach restaurant workers who said they were kidnapped and raped in August by three unknown attackers, spoke out Monday night about the impact the incident has had on her family. Rigoberto Moron Martinez, Vicente Reyes-Carbajal and 13-year-old Jose Walle were charged in the rapes as well as in a similar attack at a St. Petersburg restaurant in July. Martinez also faces another rape charge in Hillsborough County. ...more

November 18, 2008

One of the two Apollo Beach restaurant workers who were kidnapped and raped in August said she was able to save herself from further assault by convincing her attacker she had a fatal sexually transmitted disease. ...more

November 13, 2008

Nylon rope, black electrical tape and a condom were among items seized during a search of an SUV linked to the rape and kidnapping of two Apollo Beach restaurant workers, according to documents released today by prosecutors in Hillsborough County. The evidence will likely be used in the case against Rigoberto Moron Martinez, Vicente Reyes-Carbajal and 13-year-old Jose Walle. The trio are charged with the Apollo Beach rapes on Aug. 15 as well as a similar attack at a St. Petersburg restaurant in July. The evidence was listed among 300 pages of discovery typically shared among lawyers prior to trial. The documents also reveal that one of the Apollo Beach rape victims had duct tape in her hair when deputies found her along I-75 in Manatee County just hours after the rape. The women were held for several hours against their will and repeatedly sexually assaulted, then dumped along the highway, where they used a roadside phone to call for help. ...more

November 13, 2008

A 13-year-old who authorities say is connected to several rapes in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties will be charged as an adult, according to prosecutors. ...more

September 10, 2008

Jose Walle, 13, will be charged as an adult in several rapes in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. illsborough deputies arrested Walle on Aug. 21 along with two men – Rigoberto Moron Martinez and Vicente Reyes-Carbajal. Deputies say the trio were involved in rapes in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties in July and August. ...more

September 9, 2008

All day long, Shawn Haverfield said, he hears about Rigoberto Moron Martinez, who investigators say unleashed a reign of terror in the Tampa Bay area, raping women and robbing people. ...more

August 27, 2008