Prosecutors in Marianna, Fla. secured a guilty verdict against an Alabama man in a case they describe as "terrifying."
Kenneth Allen Polk, 42, of Slocomb, is accused of pursuing two women from Alabama across state lines into Florida, running them off the road and threatening them.
Investigators say Polk was with his "on-again, off-again" girlfriend in Dothan on Dec. 10, 2022. At some point, the situation turned into a physical altercation with the female while they were in her car. The woman jumped out of her car and got into the car of another woman who was sitting in traffic. The two headed south, running from Polk. At some time during the chase, Polk ran them off the road and approached the vehicle on foot, slapping the driver's window and trying to open the door. The driver sped off and drove to a Florida Dollar General, where the two women hid.
"This was a terrifying ordeal for both victims and we are grateful the jury saw that," Gill said. "To be chased up and down U.S. 231 by an angry man at high speeds, forced off the road, threatened, and then have to hide in the back of a store until help arrives is hard to imagine. Our victims showed courage both that day, and in court by testifying against their attacker."
Polk was found guilty of two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, Florida State Attorney Larry Basford announced. He will be sentenced on August 12.
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