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Polk Sheriff Grady Judd To Brief Media Along With Attorney General Ashley Moody Regarding Gang Racketeering Arrests

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Sheriff Grady Judd will brief the media at 11:00 a.m. today, April 13, 2022 at the Sheriff's Operations Center (1891 Jim Keene Blvd.) in Winter Haven about a multi-agency, year-long gang racketeering investigation. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, FDOC Secretary...
Lakeland

54 Yr Old Man Killed In Lakeland Motorcycle Crash

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A motorcycle and car collided Tuesday morning, April 12, 2022, near Lakeland, and resulted in the death motorcyclist. Deputies from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to the crash on South Frontage Road at Interstate Commerce Park Boulevard at around 8:49 a.m.,...
Lake Wales

LWCS Asked The Polk County Sheriff’s Office To Do An Administrative Review Regarding Controversial NEEL Program

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By Carl Fish Lake Wales, Florida - On April 4, 2022 the Lake Wales Charter School Board held a special meeting to discuss 3 items. One of those items was the implementation of the National Education Equity Lab (NEEL) dual...
Polk County

Palmetto man arrested for extorting teenaged girl via Snapchat to commit lewd acts

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Polk County Sheriff’s Office Press Release Polk County Sheriff’s Office Computer Crimes detectives arrested 24-year-old Richard Dalton Battle of Palmetto, who is a Polk County Fire Rescue firefighter, for having inappropriate contact with a 14-year-old Polk County girl via the mobile...
Frostproof

Frostproof Teen Being Charged With Attempted Murder After Allegedly Attacking Ex-Girlfriend and Stabbing Her New Boyfriend Multiple Times

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Frostproof, Florida - The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested David Martinez (DOB: 10/27/2002), of Frostproof, and charged him with Attempted Murder and Aggravated Assault. The following is an arrest affidavit from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office (It should be...
Florida & National

Polk Sheriff’s Deputies Investigating An Assault In Frostproof

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Frostproof, Florida - The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating an assault in Frostproof, Florida. The incident took place sometime afternoon on Friday March 25th. The high concentration of law enforcement was in the area around Wall Park...
Polk County

Polk County Sheriff’s Office Arrests 108 During Six-Day Human Trafficking Campaign, “Operation March Sadness 2”

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108 people were arrested by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Vice Unit during a six-day undercover human trafficking operation, "Operation March Sadness 2," which began on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. PCSO was assisted in the effort by police departments...
Bartow

PCSO Computer Crimes Unit Charge Five For Possession of Child Pornography

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Detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Computer Crimes Unit (CCU) charged five suspects for possession of child pornography after receiving tips from the National Center for Missing and Endangered Children (NCMEC) that the suspects were possibly transmitting or...
Davenport

Asphalt Scammers Learn The Hard Way In Polk County – 1 Suspect Still Sought

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Polk County Sheriff’s Office Press Release It should be noted that this is an unedited report of facts by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Department. These facts are up for question and everyone is entitled to question the validity...
Lakeland

Off-Duty Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested For DUI

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During the early morning hours of Wednesday, February 16, 2022, a PCSO deputy sheriff who resigned immediately upon his arrest was arrested by PCSO for one count DUI (M-1). According to the affidavit, around 1:45 a.m., Lakeland Police Officers were...
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Victim Suffers Multiple Stab Wounds In South West Bartow

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UPDATE: According to Bartow Police Department a suspect has been apprehended in connection to this afternoon’s stabbing. No further details were released at this...
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