A 71yearold man is behind bars after the polk county sheriff say hes the one responsible for killing a 33yearold woman and hurting a deputy over the weekend. The sheriff tells 10 News Reporter Jennifer Titus hes one hundred percent sure Charles Lewis is guilty. But that can often take pkg its been almost a week since jessica enchautegalotero and Deputy Sheriff adam pennell were hit by an unknown vehicle while standing on the side of the road in lake wales 180335 we solved the case because community cared enough to come forward a crimestoppers tip sheriffs grady judd says led to the arrest of this man71 year old Charles Lewis 180345 crimestoppers tip came in and said look for blue truck they followed the tip to this lake wales street where that blue truck happened to be driving down the road 180713 were all thankful for anonymous tipster jen stand upnow this is the vehicle involvedtheres not much damage to it but the sheriff says hes positive that lewis was the one responsible because h
Finally some closure after a tragic crash. Polk deputies say theyve arrested the driver who took off. After hitting and killing a woman in lake wales and badly injuring a deputy. Charlie lewis will appear in court this afternoon. Sheriff grady judd says the 71yearold confessed to deputies he had been drinking at a party before the crash. Now judd says it could put him in jail for the rest of his life. Saturday mornings crash killed 33yearold jessica enchauteguiotero. Sheriffs Deputy Adam Pennell was severely injured. Jessica flagged down the deputy after crashing her car on state road 60. Thats when Officials Say lewis drove his blue ford f150 into them and kept going. An anonymous crimestoppers tip led them to lewis truck. He was arrested yesterday afternoon on his street. Just minutes from lewis will appear before a judge at 1 this afternoon. Police arrested a woman in saint pete for the death of her child. Who disappeared nearly 5 years ago from their home in bendale, West Virginia.
Ashton Marra covers the Capitol for West Virginia Public Radio and can be heard weekdays on
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During the legislative session, Ashton focuses on the state Senate, bringing daily reports from the inner-workings of the state’s upper house on West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s nightly television show
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Ashton comes to WVPBS from ABC News’ morning program
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