POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A 46-year-old Lake Wales man faces a charge of attempted second-degree murder after authorities say he violently attacked his roommate with a clothes iron without provocation.
Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested Christopher Lewis Boudreaux following the incident, which occurred early Monday morning, September 7, 2026, at a Lake Wales residence where both men were living.
According to investigators, the victim was asleep on a couch around 5:40 a.m. when Boudreaux first entered the room and began yelling at him. About nine minutes later, Boudreaux returned, yelled again, and punched the victim in the head while the man remained lying down…