Warrant Sweep Nets 13 Arrests in Clearwater

Clearwater Police made 13 arrests and evicted 12 people from an East Gateway motel during a warrant sweep early Friday morning.

Police worked in partnership with the Florida Department of Corrections Probation and Parole Services and conducted the detail to round up wanted fugitives, according to a release.

"We want to send a clear message that Clearwater is not a place to hide when you're facing felony charges," Clearwater Police Chief Anthony Holloway said in a release. 

The arrests resulted in more than 40 criminal charges. There also were 12 people evicted from the Budget Inn Motel and two narcotics arrests, according to police.

"During the warrant roundup operation, two tenants at the Budget Inn Motel were arrested. The motel management elected to evict the remainder of the people in the room at the time of the arrest," Joelle Castelli, police spokeswoman said in an email. "If a motel management company decides that they no longer want the tenants of a room to be there, they can elect to evict them immediately."

Designated teams conducted a systematic, city-wide sweep for wanted fugitives and vice and narcotics charges. Probations and parole units were able to conduct numerous contacts, predator checks, Department of Corrections checks and judges arrest orders.

Here are the results of the roundup:

• Devante Smith-Moreno, 21, 1471 Court St. #121, six narcotics charges
• Juvenile, 17, possession of marijuana
• Juvenile, 16, resisting arrest without violence
• Susan Teller, 32, 505 Fairwood Ave. #237, four narcotics charges
• Daniel Troncosadelarosa, 23, 1542 S. Missouri Ave., two driver license charges
• Ray Johnson, 55, 462 East Shore Dr., three charges of worthless checks
• Niledys Osorio, 24, 7126 Martin Luther King Jr. St. S., St. Petersburg, grand theft
• Dwayne Wallace, 42, 409 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Clearwater, narcotics
• Paul DeWitt, 56, 1100 Driud Rd. #406, eight narcotics charges
• Michael Devine, 23, 1041 N Madison Ave., four narcotics charges
• Fatjon Kalemi, 20, 2909 Gulf to Bay Blvd. #N105, two narcotics charges
• Daniel Ferrell, 30, 700 Maple St., six narcotics charges
• Nathaniel Starke, 29, 2658 McMullen Booth Rd., grand theft auto

*updated 3:19 p.m. Feb. 1, 2013

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