St. Petersburg Police Press Release


ANTHONY HOLLOWAY
Chief of Police
1301 First Avenue North
St. Petersburg, FL 33705

(727) 893-7550
police.stpete.org

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release
Report number: 2023-010298, 2023-006418, 2023-012556
Date of original release: 05/12/2023

Detectives Seek Sex Assault Victims

Release posted on 05/12/2023 at 8:17 a.m.

This week, St. Petersburg Police detectives charged Tommy Stephens, DOB 10-31-70, with two separate sexual assaults in St. Petersburg. The cases occurred on April 18, 2022 and February 16th, 2023. Both cases involved adult women who were known to him. 

 Stephens is currently in jail, for the murder of Jona Waller. He was arrested on March 24th. Since his arrest, SPPD Detectives developed probable cause to charge him with the two sexual assaults. His booking photo is attached. 

 Detectives believe he may have hurt other victims and encourage anyone who had a violent and/or forced sexual interaction with him, to please contact Detective Schwartz at 727-551-3277.

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