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Auburndale

Auburndale Man Arrested For DUI; Gets Combative with PSCO Deputy

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On Saturday, February 16, 2019, around 11:00 p.m., a PCSO deputy responded to the intersection of Socrum Loop Road and Lakeland Highlands Boulevard to assist Lakeland Police with a possible intoxicated driver who reportedly fell off his Harley motorcycle...
Auburndale

Winter Haven Woman Arrested Again for Practicing Health Care Without a License

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PCSO arrests Winter Haven woman AGAIN for practicing health care without a license and violating her probation. On Thursday, February 14, 2019, PCSO deputies took 39-year-old Jesusadelaida "Jesse" Lopez back into custody after receiving information she was practicing health care...
Polk County

Deputies Locate & Arrest Intoxicated Honduran Man Who Fled Crash With Injuries

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Polk County Sheriff's Office Press Release Early Tuesday morning (about 1:00 a.m.), February 12, 2019, PCSO deputies located and arrested a Honduras man who crashed into two vehicles while intoxicated, left the scene and later registered 2.8 times the legal...
Mulberry

Mulberry Man Facing Multiple Charges After Assaulting PCSO Deputy Who Stopped Him For DUI

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Mulberry, Florida - The Polk County Sheriff's Office charged a Mulberry man with drunken driving, battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer with violence & depriving an officer means of communicating after he was found passed out...
Bartow

PCSO Traffic Unit Investigated a Bicycle Versus Vehicle Crash Last Evening in Bartow

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UPDATE to the crash from last evening in Bartow: The deceased bicyclist from the crash on US 17 near Bomber Rd has been positively identified as 70-year-old Titus Doyle, who was homeless in the Ybor City area. His next of...
Auburndale

Auburndale Woman Arrested For Scheming To Defraud And Theft Of Over $100,000 From Florida Business

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PCSO Press Release: Auburndale Woman Arrested For Scheming To Defraud And Theft Of Over $100,000 From Florida Business On Wednesday, February 6, 2019, PCSO detectives arrested 55-year-old Darla Jean Borders of 149 Bergen Circle in Auburndale after obtaining a warrant for scheme to...
Polk County

Suicidal Man Apprehended After Firing on Polk County Deputies and Winter Haven Officers

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Suicidal Man Apprehended After Firing on Polk County Deputies and Winter Haven Officers A 32-year-old Winter Haven man is lucky to be alive today, but he will face multiple criminal charges for endangering the lives of Polk County Sheriff's deputies...
Lakeland

Lakeland Man Arrested for Prossession of Child Pornography

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Polk County Sheriff's Office Computer Crimes detectives arrest Lakeland man for possession of child pornography On Thursday, January 31, 2019, PCSO Computer Crimes detectives arrested 41-year-old Larry Meggers of Lakeland, for 200 counts of possession of child pornography (F2). According...
Bartow

Former Youth & Family Services Worker Arrested in December for Child Pornography Has 165 Additional Charges Added on

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Former Youth & Family services worker arrested in December for child pornography has 165 additional charges added-on   PCSO Press Release: On Wednesday, January 30, 2019, detectives with the Polk County Sheriff's Office added an additional 165 counts of Possession of Child...
Lakeland

CFO and State Fire Marsal Jimmy Patronis’ Bomb Squad Defuses Armed Suspect

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CFO and State Fire Marshal Press Release: CFO and State Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis’ Bomb Squad Defuses Armed Suspect LAKELAND, Fla. – Florida Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and State Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis’ bomb squad deployed a tactical robot to disarm...
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Winter Haven

Hope Presbyterian Church to Host Halloween Trunk-or-Treat Event October 24 in Winter Haven

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Families are invited to celebrate Halloween at Hope Presbyterian Church’s Church Halloween Takeover! Trunk or Treat event on Saturday, Oct. 24, in Winter Haven. The...
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