Six individuals have been apprehended by the Polk County Sheriff’s deputies after an incident that culminated in a 21-year-old man’s death, suspected to be caused by a hit-and-run and subsequent concealment of the body. According to a release published by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, the event transpired at the Willow Oak Mobile Home Park in the early Sunday morning.
Deputies were dispatched to the scene following a distress call and discovered that the victim had sustained injuries consistent with being run over by a vehicle. The incident was believed to have occurred during a party where alcohol was consumed by the attendees, and a witness claimed to have observed the victim lying on the driveway prior to being struck. Ponciano Cinto-Ramirez, aged 52, was alleged to have reversed a van over the victim and left the scene, despite being warned by onlookers.
The response team, having arrived at the scene, engaged with several individuals who were inside a trailer and had initially refused to exit. They were eventually brought into custody and discovered to be undocumented immigrants from Guatemala. During custody, false identification was presented by two of the suspects to the deputies…