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5th Teen Charged In Shooting
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Published: January 5, 2009
Polk County deputies arrested a fifth person Saturday in a shooting that left a 12-year-old bystander wounded in the leg.
Deputies arrested James Derek Crowder, 18, at the Super Inn Motel in Winter Haven.
Crowder, of 1233 N. Lake Otis Drive in Winter Haven, was arrested on a charge of attempted murder. He is being held without bail in the Polk County Jail because of a probation violation.
Four others are already in custody for the Dec. 29 shooting on Carefree Cove Drive.
According to the sheriff's office, Caleb Brown was shot in the leg about 5 p.m. when he and a 15-year-old friend accidentally walked near two arguing groups.
The two boys approached a group of teenagers in a Jeep when several people came out of a wooded area, yelling at the people in the Jeep and telling them to leave, the sheriff's office said.
They fired several shots at the Jeep, and Brown was hit in the leg, the sheriff's office said, although he was not being shot at.
Brown was recuperating at home two days after the shooting, according to the sheriff's office.
Motorcyclist Dies After Hitting SUV
A motorcyclist died in Tarpon Springs on Sunday afternoon after a crash with an SUV.
The crash happened about 12:20 p.m. at the intersection of Tarpon and Japonica avenues.
The motorcycle was headed east on Tarpon Avenue when it hit the front of Matthew Gravens' 2007 Toyota SUV, which was turning from Japonica Avenue onto Tarpon, according to police.
The 37-year-old motorcyclist died at the scene. He has not been identified because his family has not been notified yet. Gravens' condition is unknown.
Man Killed When He Is Thrown From Pickup
A man died after losing control of his pickup in Polk County on Saturday morning.
Tommy Lee Culbreath, 31, of Frostproof, was trying to pass other cars just before 9 a.m. while driving west on U.S. 92, east of Lakeland and Saddle Creek Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Culbreath's 2002 Ford truck went off the road while he was trying to pass. He tried to get back on the road, but the truck went into a spin, throwing Culbreath when it began to flip. He was not wearing a seatbelt, according to the highway patrol.
Troopers are investigating whether alcohol was a factor.
A staff report
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