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Polk County

Sheriff Grady Judd To Brief Media On Prostitution and Human Trafficking Sting

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Sheriff Grady Judd will brief the media at 10:00 a.m. this morning (Thursday, September 28, 2023) at the PCSO Sheriff's Operations Center, 1891 Jim Keene Blvd in Winter Haven, about a seven-day-long multi-agency undercover operationfocused on human trafficking, during...
Haines City

Haines City Man Wanted For Attempted Murder Of Good Samaritan Who Intervened While Suspect Battered 64 Yr Old Woman

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35-year-old Jose Chaidez of Haines City is wanted by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office for battering his 64-year-old former girlfriend and then severely beating another man who tried to intervene in his attack on the woman. Chaidez is wanted...
Mugshot of the Day

Polk Mugshot Of The Day – Hope Wilde

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Here is a unedited, but redacted excerpt of the arrest affidavit.  It should be noted that this is an unedited report of facts by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. These facts are up for question and everyone is entitled to...
Polk County

Polk Sheriff Deputy Charged With Speeding, Driving Under The Influence, Fleeing To Elude After Allegedly Clocked Doing 117 MPH On Hwy 98

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Polk County Sheriff’s Office Press Release 22-year-old Jakob Kite of Polk County was arrested early Sunday morning after his speed was measured over 100 miles per hour, he refused to pull over for a traffic stop, and fled from deputies. Kite...
Lakeland

Man Charged With Aggravated Assault With A Weapon, Resisting Arrest With Violence & More In Lakeland Incident

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On August 27, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested Ricky Allen, DOB: 1/20/1968, on multiple charges, stemming from an incident in Lakeland. According to the rest affidavit, Mr. Allen showed up at a woman’s residence and was screaming and...
Haines City

Haines City Man Found Guilty & Sentenced To Life In Prison For Homicide Shooting On New Years Day

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Man Convicted and Sentenced to Life in Prison for Second-Degree Murder According to HCPD, On January 1, 2022, Jeffery Jerome Bouiye, 42 fatally shot Michael Andre Jackson, 47, near North 12th Street and Avenue I near New Beulah Missionary Baptist...
Bartow

Man Throwing Rocks At Cars Facing Many More Charges After Being Caught On Camera Fighting With Polk Deputy’s

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Bartow, Florida - Polk County motorist traveling S.R. 60 last Friday (August 11th at 4:22pm) got a show. The show consisted of a clearly disturbed or impaired Juan Roman Jr. walking back and forth in the roadway and median...
Florida & National

Polk County Fire Rescue Announces New $10,000 Sign-On Bonus for Paramedics & Firefighter/Paramedics

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Bartow, Fla. (Aug. 11, 2023) – Polk County Fire Rescue (PCFR) is now offering a $10,000 sign-on bonus and additional incentives for qualified single-cert Paramedics and Firefighter/Paramedic applicants.   Last month, a two-year wage and benefit agreement was finalized between Polk County...
Lakeland

Eight People Injured In Crash Between Semi-Tractor Trailer Pulling Car Hauler & Amtrak Train

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A total of eight people were treated for minor injuries Friday, July 15, 2023, following a crash in Lakeland between an Amtrak train and a semi-tractor pulling a car-hauler. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Lakeland Police Department, and Lakeland Fire...
Polk County

Polk Sheriff Grady Judd To Brief Media On Brutal Death Of Toddler

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Polk County Sheriff’s detectives have charged husband and wife Joel and Jazmine Rondon, both 33 years old, of Winchester Estates Circle in Lakeland, with aggravated manslaughter of a child, a first degree felony, after the couple left an 18-month-old toddler...
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57-Year-Old Lakeland Man Dies After SUV Crashes Near Lake Bonny

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A 57-year-old Lakeland man died Friday after his SUV left Longfellow Boulevard, struck a signpost and continued downhill to the shoreline of Lake Bonny,...
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