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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.

Jhonnys Robles Pereira
May 25, 2025

Suspect here illegally fr...

A suspect in the country illegally from Venezuela was arrested by a Polk County Sheriff's deputy aft...

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EDDIE THOMAS
May 23, 2025

Convicted felon and regis...

On Thursday, May 15, Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to reports of a house fire on D...

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suspect
May 22, 2025

Traffic stop leads to big...

You never know what you're going to get on a traffic stop

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Mahase and Cortez
May 21, 2025

PCSO catches two suspects...

Polk County Sheriff's Deputies arrested two men early Tuesday morning, May 20th, during a burglary i...

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Moses Ojeda
May 19, 2025

18 year old Bartow man ch...

Polk County Sheriff’s Office homicide detectives have arrested 18-year-old, Moses Ojeda, for the mur...

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Fool Around and Find Out poster
May 16, 2025

Polk County Sheriff’s Off...

During a nine-day-long undercover human trafficking operation, which began on May 2, 2025, the Polk ...

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