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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.

Angry Bat
Mar 3, 2022

Polk County has first con...

Bat found in Winter Haven tests positive for rabies

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POP TOP
Mar 3, 2022

Two clerks arrested for i...

Operation Pop Top: 2 clerks arrested for selling alcohol to an 18-year old

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Child Pornography Suspects
Mar 3, 2022

PCSO Computer Crimes Unit...

Detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Computer Crimes Unit (CCU) charged five suspects fo...

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Matthew Correa mug shot
Feb 26, 2022

Polk County Sheriff's Off...

Armed robbery suspect captured by PCSO deputies

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Scammer Suspects
Feb 17, 2022

Three out-of-state suspec...

Three out-of-state suspects charged with felonies in traveling “asphalt paving” scam; one in custody...

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Michael Gonzalez-Lauzan
Feb 16, 2022

Former PCSO deputy arrest...

During the early morning hours of Wednesday, February 16, 2022, a PCSO deputy sheriff who resigned i...

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