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Polk County Sheriff’s Traffic Unit is Working Two Serious Crashes This Morning

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TRAFFIC ALERTS: The Polk County Sheriff's Traffic Unit is working two serious crashes this morning, both of which are impacting traffic. Motorists please be advised of the following obstructions and to use alternate routes: PCSO responded to SR 60 (AKA Main Street)...
Bartow

Mexican Man Using an Alias Arrested by PCSO for DUI After Hit and Run

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PCSO Release: On Saturday, August 25, 2018, Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a man from Mexico for Driving Under the Influence, after a hit and run crash near Bartow.    The man arrested identified himself as 38-year-old Saul Munoz Moran, but deputies discovered...
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One Person Killed & 3 Others Injured On C.R. 555 Friday Night

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Polk County, Florida - The Polk County Sheriff's Office is currently investigating a single vehicle crash that occurred around 5pm Friday night on C.R. 555. The crash occurred about one mile North of C.R. 640. One person was killed...
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Polk County Sheriffs Office Telecommunications Trainer & Boyfriend Arrested For Possession Of Methamphetamine

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On Wednesday, August 22, 2018, deputies from the Polk County Sheriff's Office arrested 41-year-old Gwendolyn Laughery of Winter Haven, for possession of methamphetamine (F-3) and paraphernalia (M-1). According to the affidavit, after receiving information that Laughery may be in possession...
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PCSO Vice Unit Arrested Two Men For Lewd Activities At County Parks

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PCSO Release: On August 21, 2018, PCSO undercover detectives conducted an operation at Saddle Creek Park and Gator Creek Reserve Park in Lakeland in response to complaints of lewd activity in public. They arrested 75-year-old Gregory Merrill, of Kissimmee, after he...
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Polk County Deputies Are Conducting a Death Investigation Related To House Fire in Winter Haven

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The Polk County Sheriff's Office responded to a residence at 3346 Timberline Road West, at about 12:12 a.m. on Wednesday, August 22, 2018, in response to the death of an adult woman inside the home. Polk Fire Rescue and the State...
Lakeland

PCSO Detectives Help Connect A Suspect to a String of Baby Formula Thefts

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PCSO Release: The Polk County Sheriff's Office has charged 21-year-old Tampa resident, Alexcia Calhoun, with grand theft for stealing dozens of cans of baby formula from a Lakeland grocery store. She's currently in the Hillsborough County Jail following a statewide...
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Teen Wanted on Armed Robbery Charges Has Been Located and Arrested by Polk County Deputies

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Update: On Tuesday, August 14th, Polk County deputies arrested 17-year-old Jessie Cisneros and charged him with robbery without a firearm or weapon and robbery with a deadly weapon. Cisneros confessed to being involved in an armed robbery with a...
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Hudson Man Arrested for Soliciting and 11-year-old Polk County Girl Online

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On Friday, August 10, 2018, a Polk County arrest warrant was served on 38-year-old Michael Lee Caraway of 8504 Hunting Saddle Drive in Hudson (which is in Pasco County) charging him with: Directing sexual performance of a child (F-2) Transmission of...
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PCSO Seeking “Play-Doh Players” – Suspects Who Committed Fraudulent Returns at Target Stores Using Play-Doh Decoys

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The PCSO Organized Retail Crime Unit has issued warrants for the arrests of two suspects wanted in fraudulent returns at Target stores located in Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, and Volusia Counties. According to the warrants, between January 16-18, 2018, Jose Rivera, Jr. (DOB...
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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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