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News and Investigations

News & Investigations

News Releases and Public Information

Welcome to the Polk County Sheriff's Office News Room, where the Public Information Officers (PIO's) post all of the information that they release to the news media. PIO's act as liaisons between news media organizations and the Sheriff's Office. The PIO's routinely release timely and accurate information and Crime Stoppers bulletins, and respond to routine and "breaking news" media inquiries. News releases and Crime Stoppers information can be found on this page.

PCSO's full-time Public Information Officers are Brian Bruchey, Carrie Horstman, and Alicia Manautou. The Public Information Officers can be reached by sending an e-mail collectively at PIOs@polksheriff.org

The recent news releases sent out by the PIOs can be found here, and archived releases (older than 2017) can be found here.

Kyle Reese
Jan 9, 2020

Lakeland man arrested for...

On January 8, 2020, PCSO Homicide detectives arrested 36-year-old Kyle Reese of Lakeland for one cou...

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Mugshots of men arrested
Dec 31, 2019

Deputies arrest two Polk ...

On Monday, December 30, 2019, undercover detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Vice...

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Jose Campos
Dec 26, 2019

27-year-old Amazon driver...

“I’m not surprised by much anymore, but this lack of cooperation from Amazon floors me. All we neede...

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Polk County News
Dec 19, 2019

Polk County Sheriff’s Off...

PCSO detectives are investigating the shooting death of 50-year-old Raidel Armas Gonzalez of Mulberr...

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Mary Whitehead
Dec 16, 2019

Polk County School bus at...

On Friday, December 13, 2019, Polk County Sheriff's undercover narcotics detectives served a search ...

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Rafael Echeverria-Islas
Dec 12, 2019

HIDTA Task Force arrests ...

On Wednesday, December 11, 2019, the HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) task force and PCS...

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