Alexa Coultoff
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@NUjournalism | data editor @HuntNewsNU | ✍️ @TB_Times, @bostonglobe, @globe_RI, @dcreportmedia
Joined August 2017
RT @christisch1: BREAKING NEWS via @TimesDan -- Joshua Roelofs, the former cop who skipped town last spring rather than face trial on charg….
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Joshua Roelofs, accused of causing the deaths of two men, was located last week in Colombia.
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Law enforcement agencies in Florida routinely post mug shots of juveniles whose cases never make it to court. Does the practice help support deterrence? . My last story of the summer for @TB_Times:
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The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office routinely posts juvenile mug shots online. Is the practice helpful or harmful?
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The mystery surrounding Florida’s death row process often boils down to two questions: Why the sudden increase in death warrant signings, and who, if anyone, is helping the governor choose who to execute? @TB_Times .
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Gov. Ron DeSantis has authorized more executions in one year than any other governor in state history. How and why he chooses which prisoners die is unclear.
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RT @TimesDan: From @alexacoultoff: Florida has executed 9 people this year. How does DeSantis decide who's next? @TB_Times .
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Gov. Ron DeSantis has authorized more executions in one year than any other governor in state history. How and why he chooses which prisoners die is unclear.
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The case of a man accused of killing his 2-year-old son and the child’s mother in 2023 has been delayed by questions about his competence, which were exacerbated when a psychologist went on vacation before submitting her findings. @TB_Times
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Thomas Mosley’s competency hearing was delayed because the psychologist responsible for evaluating him was on vacation.
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On Friday, the city of Clearwater agreed to settle Hannah Ray’s false arrest lawsuit — which names a Clearwater police officer and the police department’s spokesperson — for $50,000. @TB_Times .
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The city agreed to pay Hannah Ray $50,000 after Clearwater police officers falsely charged her with DUI manslaughter in 2022.
Hannah Ray was arrested on a DUI manslaughter charge in 2022. Her blood tests came back without a trace of drugs or alcohol. Now she’s suing Clearwater. Latest for @TB_Times:
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RT @christisch1: There were a lot of moving parts on this story today, but we pulled it all together. Proud of this comprehensive follow-up….
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The Pinellas state attorney says Knight, who posted bail Monday night, is not a flight risk.
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Shelby Nealy, the man at the center of one of Tampa Bay’s highest-profile murder cases, should be executed by the state of Florida for bludgeoning his wife’s family to death, a jury decided Friday. @TB_Times .
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A jury voted 11-1 that Shelby Nealy should be sentenced to death for the murders of Richard, Laura and Nicholas Ivancic.
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RT @riyajsharma: A health care tax credit that powers Florida’s small businesses expires at the end of this year. ACA enrollees in the sta….
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Enhanced Obamacare subsidies expire this year, putting health insurance at risk for more than two million Floridians, including many self-employed workers
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Death penalty trial begins for man who bludgeoned ex-wife’s family to death @TB_Times
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A jury will decide if Shelby John Nealy spends the rest of his life in prison or is executed by the state.
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18 years after Tampa college student reported rape, a man gets probation and no jail time. w/ @TimesDan @TB_Times .
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Jared Vaughn admitted to a reduced charge of aggravated battery related to a 2007 incident at the University of Tampa.
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Pickpocketing scheme leaves 160 women out of $200K, St. Petersburg police say. Only two cases have been prosecuted. @TB_Times
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Miguel Diaz and Yosniel Mora are suspected of stealing from dozens of women in downtown bars, but so far only two cases have been prosecuted.
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Before he sentenced Yerney Arvelo to more than a decade in prison, Judge Christopher LaBruzzo asked the 17-year-old Clearwater boy a question. What kind of good friend points a gun at another friend? @TB_Times .
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Yerney Arvelo, 17, was sentenced Friday to state prison for the shooting death of 16-year-old Jacques Ford.
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Hannah Ray was arrested on a DUI manslaughter charge in 2022. Her blood tests came back without a trace of drugs or alcohol. Now she’s suing Clearwater. Latest for @TB_Times:
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Hannah Ray’s blood tests came back without a trace of alcohol or drugs in her system.
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A dark fishing dock. Two men who called it their safe space. A gun. And many unanswered questions. On Friday, a jury convicted Kristopher Chandler of first-degree murder for the death of Anthony Finley. He was sentenced to life in prison. @TB_Times .
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A jury unanimously agreed that Kristopher Chandler, 25, was guilty of murdering Anthony Finley in 2022.
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Man accused of shooting, killing next-door neighbor faces trial in Tampa @TB_Times
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Kristopher Chandler, 25, was charged with first-degree murder in the 2022 death of Anthony Finley.
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RT @annika_sunkara: Northeastern spent $1 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 — the highest among all private U.S. universities….
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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University
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RT @HuntNewsNU: Despite the Trump administration's attacks on universities, Northeastern's federal lobbying spending remained at $270,000 i….
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Northeastern reported $270,000 in federal lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, outspending most U.S. universities. The numbers were disclosed in a report filed April 21, which outlines the univer...
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