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Update to death investigation in Indian Lake Estates After an extensive investigation, numerous interviews, and several search warrants, on Friday, October 27, 2017, PCSO Homicide detectives arrested 63-year-old James "Jimbo" Pennington of 3500 Orchid Drive in Indian Lake Estates, Lake Wales, for First Degree Murder (F-C), Possession of a Firearm by…

Update 11:40pm - The victim in an incident in Indian Lake Estates is 30-year-old Devyn Martin of Valencia Drive in Indian Lake Estates. He appears to have been fatally shot - an autopsy will be conducted today to determine his exact cause of death. Deputies continue to interview witnesses and all…

LAKELAND — A jury voted Tuesday morning to convict James “Jimbo” Pennington of first-degree murder in the 2017 killing of a neighbor in the Indian Lake Estates community. The jury deliberated about 4½ hours over two days in the first murder trial held in 10th Judicial Circuit Court since trials were curtailed by a state order amid the COVID-19 pandemic. After the jury announced the verdict, Circuit Judge Jalal Harb sentenced Pennington to mandatory life in prison for the killing of Devy...