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12-27-2016 INFORMATION SOUGHT IN CREDIT CARD FRAUD
Dec 27, 2016
Media Contact : Carrie Horstman, PIO
Media Contact : Carrie Horstman, PIO
Polk County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking the public’s help in a fraud investigation.
On December 26, 2016, the victim lost his bank card. The suspect seen here found the card and went to two stores in Lakeland, including the Citgo located on Schoolhouse Rd at South Florida Avenue, and made several attempts to use the victim’s card to make purchases of over $60.00.
The suspect is a black male with dreads in his hair, wearing shorts and no shirt. The suspect was driving the vehicle seen here.
Anyone with information about this investigation is urged to contact Detective Phil Ryan at 863-577-1600 or 863-298-6200.
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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is joined by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier to discuss Operation Bloodline and Operation Flatline, two special operations which greatly disrupted gang-related methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking.
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The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of a FedEx package from an apartment complex mailroom (The Bradley Lake Wilson in Davenport) that occurred on Saturday, January 31, 2026.
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