{"id":50032,"date":"2024-09-20T20:45:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T00:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=50032"},"modified":"2024-09-20T20:45:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T00:45:39","slug":"teenager-will-charged-as-adult-in-fatal-stabbing-of-his-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/09\/20\/teenager-will-charged-as-adult-in-fatal-stabbing-of-his-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager will charged as adult in fatal stabbing of his mother"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The teenager who is 17-year-old will be prosecuted as an adult on charges of fatally stabbing his mother in Auburndale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A grand jury indicted Collin Griffith of Port Charlotte on a capital felony charge of first-degree murder and kidnapping in the death of his mother, Catherine Griffith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"State Attorney Brian Haas Announces Indictment\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VM-ZPc60EzQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I made the decision to charge this 17-year-old as an adult based on the egregious facts and circumstances of this case,&#8221; State Attorney Brian Haas said in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VM-ZPc60EzQ\">&nbsp;a Youtube video<\/a>. &#8220;Charging a minor as an adult is not a decision that I take lightly, but as state attorney is it my responsibility to do so when warranted. &#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sept. 8, Polk deputies responded to a 911 call about 6 p.m. off Hewlett Drive in The Hamptons senior community in Auburndale.&nbsp;Griffith told the 911 dispatcher&nbsp;he and his mother had gotten into a lengthy fight, during which his mother lunged at him with a knife and fell on it, resulting in a deep stab wound to the neck, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd sad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upon the deputies&#8217; arrival, Collin Griffith was standing outside the mobile home and immediately asked deputies to speak with a lawyer, Judd said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The teenager who is 17-year-old will be prosecuted as an adult on charges of fatally stabbing his mother in Auburndale. 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