On November 14th, 2020, Angel and his brother Jo Lobato were arrested by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office for first-degree murder, robbery with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, accessory after the fact, grand theft, tampering with physical evidence, criminal use of personal identification information, and giving false information to a law enforcement […]
DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF YOUTH MOCK TRIAL APPLICANTS, WE ARE UNABLE TO ACCEPT ANY ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS. The State Attorney’s Office is now accepting applications for their Annual Youth Mock Trial. The four-day program will take place June 23rd through June 26th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Polk County Courthouse in […]
Jevon Berrien, 19, was convicted by a Polk County Jury of First-Degree Murder, Attempted Armed Robbery with a Firearm and Attempted Murder in the First Degree. On June 7th, 2021, at Gordon Heights Park in Bartow, Berrien and his co-defendant Margus Johnson, 17, set up a drug deal with the victim and had no intention […]