HAINES CITY — A 32-year-old Haines City man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that occurred at Endeavors Dining & Entertainment in Winter Haven on Sunday.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office said Dorale Desean Sermons of Haines City shot 25-year-old Jivonti Young, of 502 Beech Ave., Lakeland about 1:15 a.m. Young was shot two times after Sermons and another man got into an altercation over a spilled alcoholic beverage and Young intervened, the Sheriff's Office said. Young is hospitalized in stable condition.
An arrest warrant for Sermons was obtained by deputies, and he was found and arrested by Haines City police on Monday.
Sermons has been charged with attempted second-degree murder, a first-degree felony; and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony.
The Sheriff's Office said he has been arrested 16 times in Polk County and charged by other agencies, as well. Overall, he's faced 28 felony charges and 23 misdemeanor charges, including murder-premeditated, murder-not premeditated, attempt to solicit conspire/capital felony (four counts), aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (six counts), battery on a law-enforcement officer (twice), harass/interfere with K9, resisting a law-enforcement officer (six times), battery domestic violence, battery, possession of cocaine, possession of meth, possession of marijuana (four times), possession of drug paraphernalia (four times), violation of probation (multiple times), failure to appear, false ID to a law-enforcement officer, introduction of contraband in detention, driving while license suspended or revoked (twice), driving without a license (twice), reckless driving and disorderly intoxication.