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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.

Winter Haven plane crash
Feb 24, 2019

PCSO conducting death inv...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is conducting a death investigation after a small plane crashed int...

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Polk County News
Feb 22, 2019

Accreditation assessment ...

A team of assessors from the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation (CFA) will arrive ...

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Bianel Cervin-Gomez
Feb 22, 2019

Illegal immigrant arreste...

After weeks of PCSO actively searching for 48-year-old Bionel Cervin-Gomez of Davenport, who had ...

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Shedderick Randals
Feb 21, 2019

South County Jail inmate ...

On Wednesday, February 20, 2019, PCSO detectives charged South County Jail inmate Shedderick "Savage...

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Gun Galore Suspect
Feb 21, 2019

PCSO arrests two high sch...

On Monday, February 18, 2019, PCSO responded to the Guns Galore store located at 2440 Highway 92 Eas...

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Alejandro Castro, Bryson Throckmorton, and Adam Bustos
Feb 19, 2019

Traffic stop in Mulberry ...

On Friday, February 15, 2019, a Polk County deputy stopped a vehicle for speeding near North Church ...

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