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Winter Haven

Winter Haven Detectives Continue to Seek Help in Locating Whereabouts of 64 Year-Old Densley Brown

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Winter Haven Police Department Winter Haven Detectives continue to seek help in locating the whereabouts of 64 year-old Densley Brown. Brown was last in touch with family members on the morning of August 11, 2021 around 7:45 a.m. Brown left...
Lakeland

19 Yr Old Man Struck And Killed In Lakeland

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The PCSO Traffic Unit is investigating a fatal vehicle versus pedestrian crash that occurred early this morning (10-2-21) in unincorporated Lakeland. Preliminary details are as follows: Around 3:40 a.m. on Saturday, October 2, 2021, ECC received a 911 call in...
Polk County

Polk Sheriff Grady Judd To Brief Media On Child Pornography Sting That Located 3 Victims & Resulted In 16 Arrests

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Sheriff Grady Judd will brief the media this morning, Thursday, September 30, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., at the Sheriff's Operations Center (1891 Jim Keene Blvd., Winter Haven) about "Operation Guardians of Innocence VII," an investigation by the PCSO Computer...
Winter Haven

Man Steals Dollar General Employee’s IPhone

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Winter Haven Police needs help in identifying the subject in the video who took a Dollar General worker's phone. On Sept. 17, 2021, the victim was working in an aisle at the Dollar General (381 Cypress Gardens Blvd., Winter Haven)...
Winter Haven

Samaritans Jump To The Rescue When Local Couple Gets Into Minor Crash Resulting In Flat Tire

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Winter Haven Police Department:Good DeedThis morning, one of our Lieutenants was in the area of Havendale Blvd. and Hwy 17 when a minor traffic crash occurred. One of the vehicles, driven by Pastor Dan Wade (pictured here with his...
Haines City

Lake Wales Man Dies In Haines City Crash

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A two vehicle crash occurred Monday afternoon in unincorporated Haines City, and resulted in the death of one of the drivers. The victim was identified as 80-year old Moss Flannery of Lake Wales; he died at the scene. The other...
Winter Haven

Tampa Man Charged With Grand Theft Auto When Spotted By Winter Haven Officers

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Release by Winter Haven Police Department A Tampa man has been charged with Grand Theft of a Motor Vehicle when he was spotted by Winter Haven officers on Sunday. Fifty-one year-old Joe Ricky Kimble of Tampa was driving through the City...
Winter Haven

Man Steals Tools and Decoy Camera From Walmart

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Can you help identify the guy in the below images?Yes he has a mask and hat, but maybe the mustard colored hat will be a giveaway. And let's not forget the bicycle with a dog trailer being pulled behind....
Winter Haven

Man Walks Out of Walmart With Unpaid For Shark Vacuum Under Cart

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Winter Haven Police Department Baby Shark Do Do Do Do Do Do!Okay, sorry - just couldn't resist. Okay, the guy pictured went to Walmart (7450 Cypress Gardens Blvd) and utilized the self-checkout to purchase some food items. However,...
Winter Haven

Truck Stolen From Carrabba’s While Patron Inside the Restaurant

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Winter Haven Police Department Winter Haven Police needs the public’s assistance in identifying three males who stole a patron’s truck from Carrabba’s parking lot. Our victim visited the restaurant at 8 p.m. and parked his 2021 Ford F-150 Platinum edition...
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Bartow Police Department

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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