Lake Wales, Florida - The Polk County Sheriff's Office has taken swift action in the case of a fatal single-vehicle crash that occurred near Lake Wales
On May 2, 2023, PCSO deputies arrested 38-year-old Michael Grangerand 29-year-old Leila Chaney, both from Frostproof, after they lied during a hit and run crash investigation. Both Granger and Chaney are correctional officers with the Florida Department of Corrections and assigned to the Avon Park Correctional Institute. Deputies also arrested 63-year-old Michael Granger of…
On April 18, 2023, PCSO deputies arrested 31-year-old Sean Patrick Teehan of Dundee for DUI with property damage (M1), DUI with a breath alcohol of .15 or higher (M1), and threatening a public servant (F3). Teehan is employed as a Corrections Sergeant at Polk Correctional Institution in Polk City. At around 6:12 p.m.,…
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 47-year old man after an investigation showed that he had been posing as a 17-year old boy while soliciting nude photos of a local 14-year old girl Timothy Jacobs of Lakeland was charged Thursday, September 30, 2021, with Directing Sexual Performance by a…