The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has arrested six individuals, including three teenagers, in connection to a failed drug-related robbery that ended in the deaths of two people in the Secret Cove neighborhood on Monday, May 12, 2025.
According to detectives, 19-year-old Davin Boutwell drove a white Mercedes into the neighborhood around 1:26 p.m. to conduct a drug transaction. He was met at the intersection of Ned Engle Boulevard and Pirates Way by 17-year-old Alexander Zarion Colon-Martinez. Standing nearby were 15-year-old David Yule Jr. and 18-year-old Anthony Scott Roush. Their co-conspirator, 23-year-old Kristian Xavier Guzman, waited behind the wheel of a silver Nissan Altima being used as the group’s getaway vehicle. Also inside the Altima were Guzman’s two young children and two additional suspects: Jessica M. Chambers, 19, and Isabella Brooke Farley, 21.
Detectives say that during the brief meeting with Boutwell, he was shot through the chest at close range. As Boutwell attempted to flee in the Mercedes, he fatally struck 38-year-old Nathaniel Jones Jr., who was riding his electric bicycle. Boutwell’s vehicle then crashed into a home on Pirates Way. Both Boutwell and Jones were pronounced dead at the scene by first responders.
Following the incident, detectives recovered a shotgun behind a dumpster at a nearby convenience store, which had been brought to the robbery by Colon-Martinez. The firearm used to fatally shoot Boutwell has not been located.
All six individuals were taken into custody following a rapid investigation involving witness interviews, surveillance footage, and evidence collection. The charges are as follows:
Charged with First Degree Murder (2 counts) and other felonies:
- Alexander Zarion Colon-Martinez, 17 – Attempted Armed Robbery, Tampering with Evidence
- David Yule Jr., 15 – Attempted Armed Robbery, Conspiracy to Commit Armed Robbery, Possession of a Firearm by a Juvenile, Violation of Probation
- Anthony Scott Roush, 18 – Attempted Armed Robbery, Conspiracy, Contributing to Delinquency of a Juvenile (2 counts), Violation of Probation
- Kristian Xavier Guzman, 23 – Attempted Armed Robbery, Conspiracy, Negligent Child Abuse (2 counts), Contributing to Delinquency of a Juvenile (2 counts), Violation of Probation
Charged as accessories and co-conspirators:
- Jessica M. Chambers, 19 – Accessory After the Fact to Capital Felony, Conspiracy to Commit Armed Robbery, Providing False Information to Law Enforcement, Contributing to Delinquency of a Juvenile (4 counts)
- Isabella Brooke Farley, 21 – Accessory After the Fact to Capital Felony, Conspiracy, Negligent Child Abuse (2 counts), Providing False Information, Contributing to Delinquency of a Juvenile (2 counts)
Sheriff Grady Judd stated, “The six suspects we now have locked-up will be held accountable for their role in these murders. This is just another reminder that drugs, guns, and youth is a deadly cocktail.”
All suspects are residents of Lakeland and are currently being held at the Polk County Jail.
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