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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.

Michael Jones
Jul 17, 2020

Davenport Man Arrested on...

On July 16, 2020, PCSO Computer Crimes detectives arrested 24 year-old Michael Anthony Jones of Dave...

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Scam Alert
Jul 16, 2020

Phone Scam Alert - Spoofe...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office and the Lakeland Police Department have recently received reports f...

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Polk County News
Jul 9, 2020

PCSO Welcomes New Public ...

On Monday, June 29, 2020, Alicia Manautou transferred to the Polk County Sheriff's Office Public Inf...

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Sharon Bradley
Jul 1, 2020

Calvary Baptist Church se...

On Wednesday, July 1, 2020, PCSO fraud detectives obtained an arrest warrant and took 62-year-old Sh...

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Daniel Murphy
Jun 26, 2020

Polk County paramedic arr...

A paramedic for Polk County Fire Rescue was arrested by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Friday, Jun...

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Leslie Bushart mugshot
Jun 26, 2020

Lake Gibson Middle School...

Detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested a teacher from Lakeland’s Lake...

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