Updated: Apr 11 2021, 12:25 ET
A BOYFRIEND allegedly bit, beat and squeezed a boy, 2, to death after he became enraged after he urinated on the couch.
Alegray Damiah Jones, 30, who is in a relationship with the boy s mom, reportedly admitted to striking the child until he passed out on the night of April 8.
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Alegray Damiah Jones has been charged with manslaughterCredit: Polk County Jail
Jones has been charged with manslaughter over after the vicious attack, reports The Lakeland Ledger.
He reportedly told cops he yelled at the boy popped him on the hand and leg after he had urinated on the couch.
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And, they said, proceeds from the event would benefit cancer research.
A crowd of about 300 people gathered in between warehouse buildings, with sport-coup drivers pushing down the gas and brake pedals simultaneously to do donuts. They also drag-raced from one end of the large parking lot to the other.
Video from the event shows a driver, hanging out the window of his car doing donuts just a few feet from spectators.
And then Lakeland police, who had gotten wind of the event, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Highway Patrol showed up in force, blocking the two exits.
BARTOW A 17-year-old Bartow youth remains in juvenile detention after being charged with second-degree murder in the death of what police are calling a romantic rival.
Bartow Police say Taron Hogan shot and killed his former girlfriend’s new boyfriend on Bryant Street near Gordon Avenue on Saturday night.
The victim was found by Polk County Fire Rescue and Bartow Police in the roadway when they arrived. He was rushed to Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center, where he died just after noon the next day from gunshot wounds to his chest and pelvis. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office would not release the victim’s name, citing Marsy’s law.