A 19-year-old Leesburg man and a 17-year-old are behind bars in connection with the shooting death of a Eustis teenager last month.
Jacob Anthony Pontiff was arrested by Leesburg Police detectives on Feb. 6 and charged with murder (not premeditated during a felony) for the death of 18-year-old Isaiah Terrell Walters, who was gunned down Jan. 29 at Berry Park in the Carver Heights area. Pontiff also has been charged with attempting to sell cannabis/amphetamine and is being held on $50,000 bond in the Lake County Jail. He’s scheduled to appear in court on March 2 at 8:30 a.m. to answer to the charges.
Leesburg detectives had spent the past few days searching for 17-year-old Donald C. Miller, who was wanted for murder in the third degree in connection with the case. He turned himself in to detectives late Monday afternoon after police circulated a poster showing his photograph and warning area residents that he should be considered armed and dangerous.
