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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 Meghan Petty. 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.

Mugshots of four people arrested
Mar 14, 2019

February traffic stop lea...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office arrested four people in a single Lakeland residence on Tues...

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Polk County News
Mar 12, 2019

Operation Pop Top leads t...

“Operation Pop Top”&mdas...

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Polk County News
Mar 12, 2019

Beware of money scam from...

PCSO has received several reports about a scam where callers are pretending to be Polk County Sherif...

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Christina Dobbs Lee
Mar 8, 2019

High school teacher arres...

Deputies arrested 47-year-pld Christina Dobbs Lee of Lakeland yesterday after she ran a red light, s...

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Dr. Brian Birky
Mar 7, 2019

Lakeland man charged with...

On March 7, 2019, PCSO detectives served a search warrant at 610 Peninsular Drive in Lakeland after ...

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Joshua Pacheco
Mar 5, 2019

Bartow man involved in de...

On Monday evening, March 4, 2019, 28-year-old Joshua Jay Pacheco turned himself into the Polk County...

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