Florida men stole heads of dead veterans from cemetery as part of black magic religion, sheriff says
Polk County sheriff says suspects performed ritual in which they drank rum, smoked cigars at grave sites, replaced skulls with orange peels
Polk County Sheriff s Office
Brian Tolentino, 43, of Davenport, and Juan Lopez, 39, of Lake Wales, are facing four counts each of disturbing the contents of a grave and abuse of a dead human body.
and last updated 2021-01-08 17:24:13-05
MOUNT DORA, Fla. â Two accused grave robbers have been arrested after stealing the heads of dead veterans from a Florida cemetery, authorities said Friday.
Florida men robbed graves of veterans because they have ‘stronger spirits,’ sheriff says
Deputies found shed with religious shrine and seven skulls
Thomas Metevia, Digital Content Producer, Orlando
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MOUNT DORA, Fla. – Two men are behind bars after what deputies say was a grave robbery for ritualistic purposes, targeting veterans’ burial sites “because the spirit is much stronger in a hero.”
The men, 43-year-old Brian Montalvo Tolentino and 39-year-old Juan Burgos Lopez, were arrested in Polk County after deputies said they broke into four separate graves and took body parts from each person inside.
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The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said the vandals attempted to access a fifth grave. The remains were stolen in early December from Edgewood Cemetery at 3333 Britt Road.
LAKELAND Three men are under arrest after Polk County Sheriff’s deputies say they went on a 24-hour violent crime rampage that left one man shot and a family terrified.
Deputies say it began on Monday evening when a black GMC SUV occupied by three men pulled up to a gas pump at the Circle K store on West Pipkin Road near Old Harden Boulevard. One man, who was later identified as 42-year-old Gardell Young Jr., pumped gas.
A man waiting at the store for his friend to get off work said he talked with one of the vehicle occupants, later identified as 38-year-old Seth Deming. The man then walked across the parking lot and Deming got out of the SUV and followed him, the Sheriff s Office said.