Crime & Safety
2 Brothers Behind Bars After Tampa Bay Crime Stoppers Tip
The pair are suspected of armed hold-ups two days apart at a convenience store on Causeway Boulevard.
PHOTOS from left: Frederick William Burress; Timothy Allen Burress.
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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL – Two brothers were arrested this week in connection with two armed hold-ups at a local 7-Eleven store after the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office received a tip from Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay.
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Frederick William Burress, 24, and Timothy Allen Burress, also 24, were arrested for two counts each of suspected armed robbery, deputies said.
The Burress brothers are accused of twice entering the same 7-Eleven on the 7700 block of Causeway Boulevard in Tampa and using a gun to demand cash and cigarettes, deputies said. The robberies were on July 12 and July 14.
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The pair were arrested Monday without incident at their home on 30th Street in Tampa, according to the agency.
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