{"id":31165,"date":"2023-03-14T16:36:54","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T20:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=31165"},"modified":"2023-03-14T16:37:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T20:37:01","slug":"polk-deputy-finds-murder-suspect-at-church-prays-with-him-then-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/03\/14\/polk-deputy-finds-murder-suspect-at-church-prays-with-him-then-arrests\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk deputy finds murder suspect at church, prays with him, then arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">56-year-old John Skeen of Polk City was arrested by the Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office on Sunday morning, March 12th.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"813\" height=\"491\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/333586279_128826326806207_6167637469037413305_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/333586279_128826326806207_6167637469037413305_n.jpg 813w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/333586279_128826326806207_6167637469037413305_n-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/333586279_128826326806207_6167637469037413305_n-768x464.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Skeen had a warrant for his arrest out of Hillsborough County for fatally shooting a man on March 10th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s much more to the story though. Much, much more. In fact, you could say that the devil is in the details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PCSO <a><\/a>deputies went to a church in Polk City, after learning that Skeen may be there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deputies managed to get Skeen outside of the church without disrupting the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Skeen asked Sergeant Evans (the same sergeant who made news last week by assisting a woman giving birth in her car) if he could go back inside for the rest of the service so he could \u201cdedicate his life to the Lord before going to jail.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course there was no way Sgt Evans could allow that, but the sergeant told Skeen that they could take a moment to pray together before going to the Sheriff\u2019s Processing Center to be booked-in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that\u2019s just what they did. Suspect and deputy prayed together outside of the church, and then off he went to jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One more interesting note about this story is that this particular church had a guest speaker at that service\u2014Sheriff Grady Judd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>56-year-old John Skeen of Polk City was arrested by the Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office on Sunday morning, March 12th. 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