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PCSO Organized Retail Crime Unit Arrests 32 Suspects For Theft and Other Charges During Investigation

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From July 30, 2018, to August 3, 2018, the PCSO Organized Retail Crime Unit and partnering entities conducted a countywide undercover investigation focusing on those who commit retail theft from Polk County stores; 32 arrests were made.  "Our Organized Retail...
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Polk County Sheriff Office Served Arrest Warrant in Arizona to Kevin Dock for Soliciting a Child in Polk County Online

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On Thursday, August 2, 2018, PCSO undercover computer crimes detectives traveled to Arizona and served a PCSO arrest warrant on 30-year-old Kevin Dock of Tuscon for: One count Travel to Meet After Using Computer to Lure (F-2) Five counts Direct/Promote Sexual...
Poinciana

PCSO Seeking Armed Carjacking Suspect From Last Week In Poinciana

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Polk County Sheriff's Office Press Release Polk County Sheriff's deputies are seeking information about an armed carjacking that occurred on July 18, 2018, on Pecos Court in Poinciana. Around 4:30 p.m., the suspect took the victim's 2009 silver Nissan...
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Three Arrested and One More Charged in Organized Retail and Identity Theft

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Three people have been arrested following a Polk County Sheriff's Office Organized Retail Theft Unit investigation that found they had worked together stealing the identities and personal information of sixty people, and using that information to defraud various JC Penney's stores...
Lakeland

Standoff in Polk County ends with 6-year-old girl’s release; armed man’s suicide

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Standoff in Polk County ends with 6-year-old girl's release; armed man's suicide  The 24-hour long standoff between SWAT members from the Polk County Sheriff's Office and an armed man barricaded in a Lakeland residence with his six-year-old daughter, came to...
Lakeland

Polk County Sheriff’s Office Conducting Death Investigation In Kathleen

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UPDATE: On Monday, June 25, 2018, PCSO conducted a death investigation at 3701 Wheeler Road West in Lakeland. The deceased person is 40-year-old Bryant Fidanian (DOB 12/23/77). An autopsy was conducted, and is pending toxicology. This is still an ongoing death investigation. ...
Lakeland

Polk County Sheriff’s Office is Searching Scott Lake for Missing Boater

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The body of a 34-year-old man who was last seen in a boat on Scott Lake in Lakeland, at around 2:40 a.m. Monday, June 18, 2018, has been recovered by the Polk County Sheriff's Office. The man, identified as Charles Stewart,...
Auburndale

Attempted 2nd Degree Murder Suspect in Custody: Auburndale

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UPDATE: Warrant of the Day suspect is in custody. David Munroe III had the courtesy of showing up to work this afternoon at the Cutrale Citrus plant in Auburndale, where he was met by the PCSO Central District deputies and...
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PCSO Deputies arrest Winter Haven woman working at “Drop It Like It’s Hot” Weight Loss Clinic For Unlicensed Practice of Health Care

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UPDATE to investigation at the Drop It Like It's Hot weight loss clinic - PCSO detectives have arrested Dr. S. Kamal Ashraf, M.D., for one count Knowingly employing unlicensed persons in the practice of nursing (F-3), Florida Statute 464.016(1)(c)....
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UPDATE on Fatal Crash from Last Night on Rifle Range Rd and 1st Street West in Wahneta

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The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Unit investigated a two-vehicle crash last evening that resulted in one fatality. Preliminary information so far is as follows: Around 8:20 p.m. on Sunday, June 10, 2018, PCSO and PCFR responded to Rifle Range...
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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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