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Former PCSO Civilian Detention Clerk Arrested for Sexual Misconduct With Inmate in 2015

Former PCSO Civilian Detention Clerk Arrested for Sexual Misconduct With Inmate in 2015   On Thursday, February 16, 2017, PCSO deputies arrested 21-year-old Tanquisia McGill of Lakeland, for one count Sexual misconduct between detention facility employees and inmates (FSS 951.221) (F-3), one...

Bartow Man Wanted For Child Pornography Charges

Bartow, Florida - According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office a warrant for the arrest of 30-year-old Matthew Sutton of Bartow.  Detectives received information that someone operating a device located in Sutton's home was sharing files that contain child pornography. Detectives...

UPDATE: 42 Total Arrests Made During Operation Child Guardian

42 Total Arrests Made During Operation Child Guardian PCSO Computer Crimes Detectives Arrest 18 Suspects For Possession of Child Pornography - One Additional Suspect Has A Warrant and Is At Large PCSO Special Victims Response Team & Vice Unit Detectives Arrest...

Burglary Business – Firearms Stolen on East Main Street in Bartow

Burglary Business – Firearms Stolen   On 02/12/2017 at approximately 0100 hours, (4) four subjects forcibly entered the Bartow Jewelry & Pawn located at 425 East Main Street in Bartow. After breaking in through the front door, the unidentified subjects began...

US Highway 98 Crash Update

US Highway 98 Crash Update: Today, 02/13/2017, at approximately 2:10 p.m., Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a crash on US 98 near Ernest Smith Blvd., Bartow. The Bartow Fire Department, Polk County Medic Units, Bartow Police, and Southwest...

Traffic Alert: Accident on 98 N in Bartow

Bartow, Florida - The PCSO Traffic Unit is investigating a single-vehicle crash on US Hwy 98 in Bartow, at Ernest M. Smith Blvd. The crash occurred at 2:15 p.m. this afternoon and PCSO is still on-scene. US 98 northbound is...

Polk Regional Science and Engineering Fair Set for Next Week in Bartow

Polk Regional Science and Engineering Fair Set for Next Week in Bartow The 33rd annual Polk Regional Science and Engineering Fair (PRSEF) is coming to the Bartow Civic Center next week. Projects will be open for the public to view on...

Update: Bartow High School Lock down

On 02/07/2017 at about 12:50 PM, school resource officers with the Bartow Police Dept. were notified of a possibly security threat on campus. Additional support from our patrol section was immediately summoned and the Safe Schools Division of the...

Bartow High School On Lockdown Heavy Police Presence in the Area

UPDATE: 2:45  Bartow Police Officers, with help from Polk County Sheriff's Office searched the entire school grounds for a possible weapon. No weapon was found. Students will be released in an orderly fashion, officers and deputies will be on standby...

New Panther Point Trail Is Now Open

Bartow, Florida - Polk County’s new Panther Point Trail northern phase is now open and ready for hikers, mountain bikers and nature enthusiasts. This 5-mile section of the nature trail is the first phase of the project that is open...
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Driver Fleeing Minor Crash Strikes & Kills 18 Yr Old Near Bartow Highschool

Update - Lakeland Man Arrested   The vehicle was later located at the driver’s Polk County residence parked inside his garage...
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