Thread: PCSO says man was run over with a car | Yoni Ronaldos Perez-Garcia

PCSO says man was run over with a car in a driveway, then dragged inside his home. 6 arrested

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Sara-Megan Walsh
Lakeland Ledger

Sept. 9, 2025, 4:37 p.m. ET

The Polk County Sheriff's Office arrested six men it says were in the country illegally after a man was run over and killed while lying in a driveway in Mulberry, then dragged inside his home.

On Sept. 7, Polk deputies responded to a 911 call reporting the death of Yoni Ronaldos Perez-Garcia, 21, at Willow Oak Mobile Home Park in Mulberry. The caller said the man was dead inside his home, but when deputies arrived, they noticed his injuries were consistent with being run over by a vehicle, the Sheriff's Office said.

Detectives from traffic unit opened an investigation and learned there had been a large house party outside one of the trailers in the mobile home park on Sept. 6. Nearly everyone attending was drinking alcohol.

A witness told deputies that Ponciano Cinto-Ramirez, 52, got into a van that was parked in the driveway, put it into reverse and drove backward over Perez-Garcia before leaving. People yelled at Cinto-Ramirez that he had run over Perez-Garcia, but he continued to drive way and parked outside lot 32, the Sheriff's Office said.

Deputies went to lot 32 and found several people inside who refused to come out. Eventually, they came out one by one but still refused to give the deputies information. Two of the men presented provided false IDs, the Sheriff's Office said.

Once everyone was in custody and interviewed, deputies determined there were six men who had entered the country illegally from Guatemala.

Cinto-Ramirez was arrested on charges of first-degree felony leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death, second-degree felony driving without a license causing death and resisting arrest.

Alfredo Cinto-Ramirez, 48, faces felony charges of resisting arrest and giving false information to law enforcement.

Rigoberto Lopez Morales, 22, faces one felony count of resisting arrest.

Leonel Cinto Lopez, 24, faces felony charges of resisting arrest and giving false information to a law enforcement officer.

Jacinto Lopez Morales, 46, faces one felony count of resisting arrest.

Ramiro Cinto Lopez, 23, faces charges of resisting arrest, possession of an altered firearm and giving false information to law enforcement.