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    Suzette Penton (52) killed by 3 teens with a van after they were feuding with her son over a girl

    https://www.kron4.com/news/florida-l...-deputies-say/

    POLK CITY, Fla. (WFLA) ? A beloved librarian from Polk City, Florida has died, weeks after deputies say a group of teenagers intentionally ran over her with a van.

    A spokesperson for the Polk County Sheriff?s Office said Suzette Penton died last week. Penton was rushed to the hospital earlier this month in ?severely critical condition? after being run over.

    According to an arrest affidavit, Penton suffered a traumatic brain injury and several broken bones on Nov. 9 when a group of teenagers ran her down. Deputies said the group included 18-year-old Elijah Stansell and three other teens aged 14, 15 and 16.

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    The teenagers were charged with attempted murder, but deputies say upgraded charges are now pending.

    According to deputies, the Nov. 9 incident stemmed from a dispute between people in the group of teenagers and Penton?s son over a ?romantic entanglement.? Polk County Sheriff?s Office Public Information Officer Carrie Horstman said the group showed up at their home and attacked the boy who lived there.

    Penton then went outside to confront them and take pictures of the van, according to Horstman. That?s when Horstman says Penton was hit.

    ?They purposely and intentionally ran her over and critically injured her,? said Horstman. ?They had ample opportunity and space to get out of that area as she stood there in the street to take pictures of them to give to law enforcement. Instead, they ran her down in the road.?

    Coworkers said earlier this month that Penton was a ?mama bear? who was fiercely protective of her kids.

    ?I can understand her putting herself in harm?s way to protect her children,? said Patricia Jackson, city manager of Polk City.

    Jackson said Penton was passionate about the library and would stop at nothing to get kids in Polk City to pick up a new book.
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    JL, I changed your title because 'hit and run' didn't give the weight that was needed to these kids murdering this woman.

    https://lawandcrime.com/crazy/new-mu...-womans-death/

    New Murder Charge Filed Against Pastor’s Son Because Alleged Feud Between Teens Led to Woman’s Death

    A tragic criminal case out of Polk County, Florida just got a lot worse for everyone involved. Sheriff Grady Judd announced in a press conference on Tuesday that local mother Suzette Penton died from injuries sustained in a vehicular attack. The attempted murder charge against the alleged driver Elijah Stansell, 18, was upgraded to first-degree murder.

    As previously reported, the incident was allegedly the result of a petty spat between teenagers. (The three co-defendants in this case are juveniles. Law&Crime is naming them because they are charged as adults.)

    According to an affidavit obtained by Law&Crime, Penton’s son was in a relationship with Kimberly Stone, who has turned 16 since the incident happened. The couple split, but it was anything but amicable. The former couple continued to argue, allegedly escalating to Stone writing threats on social media, and that her new boyfriend (Stansell) would “handle it.”

    Cut to November 9. Stansell, Stone, Raven Sutton, 16, and Hannah Eubank, 14, went to the ex-boyfriend’s home. Stansell attacked him there, deputies said. Sutton was allegedly at his side. Eubanks allegedly seemed to be filming all of this on her phone. Meanwhile, Stone allegedly stayed in the van.

    Enter Suzette Penton. She arrived home with her younger son, authorities said. Stansell, Sutton, and Eubank fled into a van parked across the street, deputies claimed. Penton stood in the roadway in front of the vehicle, and used her phone to take pictures of the suspects. Authorities claimed the van accelerated, then ran over her. Deputies emphasized that there was enough room to maneuver around Penton, but that did not happen.

    The sheriff described the vehicle as a van used for maintenance by the Westwood Missionary Baptist Church. Stansell is the son of a pastor there.

    The 18-year-old defendant “controlled, and could have stopped the murder,” Judd said. “But he’s the one, he’s the driver, that in the church van ran over and killed this beautiful lady, who was so well thought of and a city librarian.”

    Investigators cited witness statements and surveillance footage in backing up their claim. Things were already awful when Penton initially survived. Officials said she sustained traumatic brain injury, which included a skull fracture and brain bleeding. There was also a broken leg, knee injury, and fluid building in her lungs. She was unresponsive and intubated. That ended with her recent death.

    “It should’ve never happened,” Judd said.

    A “celebration of life” to honor Penton is scheduled to take place at 2 p.m. on Sunday at the Donald Bronson Community Center at Polk City.

    Judd said the investigation was ongoing.

    Stansell’s attorney Kevin Cox declined to comment when Law&Crime reached out. The defendant previously pleaded not guilty in the case back when the top charge was attempted murder, records show. He also still faces three counts of of contributing delinquency or dependency of a minor, and a count of burglary with assault. There also was another charge of lewd and lascivious battery on a minor on a victim 15 years old, deputies said.

    Eubank and Sutton were represented by the local public defender’s office, but this defense issued separate filings on Monday. In each case, they cited a conflict of interest in representing the defendant in question. They asked that a substitute be appointed.

    Stone had no attorney of record.

    The three co-defendants are still charged with attempted felony murder, and burglary with assault.
    https://nypost.com/2020/12/01/florid...-run-her-over/

    A Florida mom who was intentionally run over by a group of teens feuding with her son over a “romantic entanglement” has died, authorities said.

    Suzette Penton, a Polk City librarian, succumbed to her injuries last week after she was mowed down by a dark van at her house on Nov. 9, news station WFLA reported.

    “I think everybody is still in shell shock,” said Polk City city manager Patricia Jackson. “We’re heartbroken. We’re just here to do whatever we can to help them.”

    The group had shown up at the house wanting to fight Penton’s son over a “romantic entanglement,” according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

    Elijah Stansell, 18, was behind the wheel and was joined by Raven Sutton, 16, Kimberly Stone, 15, and Hannah Eubank, 14, news station WFTV reported.

    Stansell is dating Stone, the ex-girlfriend of Penton’s son, the outlet reported. His name has not been released.

    “This was an ongoing dispute between a group of kids, via social media, texting,” sheriff’s spokeswoman Carrie Horstman told WFLA.

    “I think there was some verbal altercations at school. It has never risen to the level of physical violence.”

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    WTF are these kids thinking?!?!

    Having said that.... I don't agree with the "tried as adults" for the juveniles who weren't behind the wheel.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KimTisha View Post
    WTF are these kids thinking?!?!

    Having said that.... I don't agree with the "tried as adults" for the juveniles who weren't behind the wheel.
    If you're a party to a felony, it doesn't matter if you were behind the wheel or not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by curiouscat View Post
    If you're a party to a felony, it doesn't matter if you were behind the wheel or not.
    It's not the "party to a felony" I disagree with, it's the trying juveniles as adults that I disagree with.
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