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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.

Polk County News
Aug 7, 2017

66 Suspects Charged Durin...

From Monday, July 31st through Saturday, August 5th, 2017, the PCSO Organized Retail Crime Unit and ...

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Zehtab
Aug 1, 2017

Polk County Fire Rescue E...

Polk County Sheriff's Office detectives arrested 28-year-old Kyla Anne Rivas Zehtab of Lakeland on T...

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Polk County News
Jul 21, 2017

Former Kathleen Middle P...

On Friday, July 20, 2017, PCSO deputies arrested former McKeel Academy Assistant Director of Academi...

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Polk County News
Jul 7, 2017

PCSO charges two with ma...

On Friday, July 7, 2017, PCSO Homicide detectives filed an additional charge of manslaughter with a ...

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Polk County News
Jul 5, 2017

Update: Polk County Sheri...

PCSO deputies are investigating a shooting that resulted in three men shot around 7:45 p.m. on Monda...

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Polk County News
Jun 29, 2017

Off-Duty PCSO Sergeant ca...

On June 28, 2017, PCSO Sergeant Chris Katsoulis was off-duty and driving through Winter Haven when h...

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