08 February 2010 :

A Miami-Dade County jury has recommended that Tavares Calloway receive the death penalty for the killing of 5 men. Calloway, 31, black, should receive a death sentence for each of the 5 victims. Looking to rob the victims, Calloway and his accomplice, Antonio Clark, had stormed an apartment Prosecutors said Calloway and another man stormed an apartment in January 1997 where some drug dealers were living. Killed were Adolphus ``Tank'' Melvin, 27; Gary St. Charles, 22; Trenton Thomas, 26; Frederick McGuire, 31, and Melvin's visiting nephew, Derwin Bernard Copeland, 28. Clark, the accomplice, was a juvenile, and was sentenced to 8 life terms for his role in the crime. The jury's recommendation now goes to presiding Circuit Judge Dava Tunis, who will issue a final sentence.