The State Attorney’s Office is accepting applications for the second annual Citizens Academy.

The seven-week program will run from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. each Tuesday starting November 2nd in the Bartow courthouse. The Academy gives residents in the 10^th Circuit an opportunity to learn more about the criminal justice system. Citizens will hear from some of the top prosecutors in the circuit about how they develop cases then take them to trial.

Enrollment is closed for the 2021 Citizens Academy.

Please visit www.sao10.com/about-us/citizens-academy/.

 

State Attorney Brian Haas announces the indictment of Bryan James Riley by the Polk County Grand Jury on twenty-two charges, including four counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted first degree murder, one count of kidnapping, one count of aggravated child abuse, two counts of burglary, seven counts of attempted first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer, one count of animal cruelty, one count of arson, two counts of shooting into an occupied dwelling, and two counts of shooting within an occupied dwelling. This incident occurred in the early morning hours of September 5^th in the unincorporated area of Lakeland, Florida.  Riley will be arraigned on the charges at a later date.