Plant City Observer

Four people arrested in convenience store robbery

Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested four people, Wednesday, June 10, for the armed robbery of a Marathon convenience store in Lakeland. Three of the four are Plant City residents: Cedric Griffin, 27; Curtnisha Young, 19; and Ajaysia Smith, 18.

Griffin, of 117 W. Warren St., is charged with robbery with a firearm, conspiracy to commit armed

robbery, armed burglary with assault/battery, attempted first degree murder, grand theft

(firearm), possession of firearm by convicted felon, possession of ammunition

by convicted felon and carrying concealed firearm by convicted felon.

Young, of 609 S. Gordon St., is charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery.

Smith, of 20 S. Warnell St., is charged with robbery with a firearm, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, and armed burglary with assault/battery.

Dominique Robinson, 27, of Lakeland, is charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery.

Polk County Sheriff’s deputies said the firearm used during the robbery was stolen in April during a

residential burglary in Mulberry.

All four suspects are currently in the Polk County Jail.

The gas station is located at 2045 Ariana Street in unincorporated Lakeland.

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