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Tenoroc High School Locked Down While PCSO Search’s For Suspect
Lakeland, Florida - The DailyRidge.Com was contact by several people regarding a lock down at Tenoroc High School. “Residential burglary suspect (copper theft) caught in the act by the homeowner, in...
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Lakeland Man Shot & Killed By Suspected Home Invader(s)
Lakeland, Florida – On April 16, 2013 at 12:19 a.m., Lakeland Police responded to a home on West 12th Street in reference to a male allegedly shot during a home invasion robbery. Upon arrival,...
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3 People Killed In Polk Crash
Lakeland, Florida – Polk County Sheriff’s Traffic deputies are working a two-vehicle crash this morning in Lakeland that resulted in three fatalities. Preliminary information is as follows: Around 2:40...
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PCSO Crossing Guard Dies While Volunteering At Church
Lakeland, Florida -Polk County Sheriff’s Office School Crossing Guard, Stephen Pederson, Bonny Shores Drive, Lakeland, DOB 05/01/1946, died Saturday, April 27, 2013, after falling over 20 feet from a...
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Woman Killed In Polk Motorcycle Accident
Lakeland, Florida – At approximately 6:56 pm, on Sunday, May 5, 2013, 55-year-old Christina Brown Partanna, DOB 07/29/1957, 12th Street, Zephyrhills, was traveling southbound on Old Dade City Road,...
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LPD Seeking Help Finding Murder Suspect
Lakeland, Florida – On April 16, 2013 at 12:19 a.m., Lakeland Police responded to 524 West 12th Street in reference to a male allegedly shot during a home invasion robbery. Upon arrival, officers...
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1 Woman & 3 Men Arrested In PCSO Undercover Prostitution Sting
Lakeland, Florida – According to the PCSO 24-year-old Kathleen Britt, DOB 10/22/1988, of Lakeland, was arrested when she came to an undercover location offering to commit lewdness; she was charged...
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Lakeland Police Searching For Burglary Suspect
Lakeland, Florida – On Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at approximately 4:30 a.m., an unknown black male entered the AVI Food Mart, located at 1205 Lakeland Hills Boulevard, and committed a burglary. The suspect...
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Off Duty Lakeland Police Officer Arrested For Battery
Lakeland, Florida – Deputies arrested 41-year-old Jerry Matthew Monroe of Lakeland today charging him with Misdemeanor Battery. Monroe is a Police Officer with the Lakeland Police Department. Monroe...
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PCSO Conducting Investigation of Shooting Death at Tenoroc Mine Shooting Range
Lakeland, Florida – Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives are conducting a death investigation related to 71-year-old Larry Simpson of Lakeview Lane Clermont, Florida. Mr. Simpson died of a single...
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ARRL Field Day 2013
Sometimes when major disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes and floods occur, the normal means of communication are wiped out. That is where Amateur Radio operators come in. On Saturday June 22nd and...
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Teen Killed In Overnight Accident
Lakeland, Florida - Polk County Sheriff’s Traffic deputies are investigating a single-vehicle crash that occurred in Lakeland last night (June 25, 2013) and resulted in one fatality. The following is...
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12 Crossing Guard Locations To Be Removed In Polk County
Polk County, Florida – The school crossing guards at the following locations within Polk County will be removed, effective this upcoming school year: Sleepy Hill Road & Terra Largo – Lakeland...
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Polk Woman Arrested For Aggravated Manslaughter of Her Disabled Son
Lakeland, Florida – Polk County Sheriff’s Homicide detectives served a warrant today (July 10, 2013) on 45-year-old Janet Wade Stevens of Weber Street in Lakeland, who has been in the Polk County Jail...
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Winter Haven Man Killed In Motorcycle Accident
Lakeland, Florida – On Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at 5:08 p.m., a green 1996 Chevrolet pickup truck, driven by 60 year old Hans C. Degroff of Lakeland, was attempting to turn left from Crestview Avenue...
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Man Claiming To Be “The Joker” Vandalizes PCSO Cruiser
Lakeland, Florida – It’s not exactly “Batman Arrests Joker,” but it’s close. A man who left a note on the front door of a deputy sheriff’s residence after vandalizing the deputy’s patrol car twice,...
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Pedestrian Killed In Lakeland Friday Night
Lakeland, Florida -Polk County Sheriff’s Traffic deputies are investigating a traffic crash that resulted in the death of a pedestrian in Lakeland Friday night. Around 10:25 p.m on Friday, July 19,...
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Polk Man Arrested For Multiple Smash & Grab Burglaries
Lakeland, Florida – On Tuesday, July 23, 2013, PCSO deputies arrested 41-year-old Frederick Glenn Sheffield (DOB 1/26/1972) of 1975 Indian Trails Ct in Lakeland, for a rash of smash-n-grab business...
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Woman Struck & Killed on I-4
Milissa Grace Triplett Lakeland, Florida – The Florida Highway Patrol is currently investigation an accident on Interstate 4 where a pedestrian was struck & killed. On Monday, July 29th at 1:40...
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Saturdays At The Polk Museum of Art Are Now Free Thanks To Mid Florida Bank
Polk Museum of Art Press Release: Polk Museum of Art is proud to announce an agreement with MIDFLORIDA Credit Union that will enable the Museum to offer free admission to everyone on Saturdays...
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