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DAVENPORT —  Polk County Fire Rescue has received more than $9,000 to purchase supplies and equipment designed to help reduce the rate of cancer among firefighters.  Jimmy Patronis, Florida's chief financial officer and state fire marshal, visited Polk County Fire Station 38 in Davenport on Thursday to announce the first round of grant recipients under the state's Firefighter Cancer Decontamination Equipment Grant Program. The fund was created in June 2020. Polk Fire Chief Robert Weech accepted a check for $9,135 with Minneola and New Port Richie fire departments receiving about $11...

Florida fire captain arrested in alleged theft of Covid-19 vaccine A Florida firefighter turned himself in to authorities in connection with the alleged theft of Covid-19 vaccine meant for coworkers. Anthony Damiano, a captain with Polk County Fire Rescue, allegedly took three syringes containing doses of Moderna’s vaccine, with the intent to give doses to his elderly mother, according to an arrest affidavit. Damiano surrendered on Wednesday afternoon, according to the affidavit. He has been charged with petit theft and causing another person to falsify official records as a public servant....

BARTOW, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who had been recently named “Paramedic of the...

Tuesday, January 26, 2021 by Joe Byrnes (WMFE) Play Audio Joshua Colon, shown on the right, was recognized as Polk County's 2020 Firefighter of the Year. Photo: PCFR via Facebook Stay tuned in to our local news coverage: Listen to 90.7 WMFE on your FM or HD radio, the WMFE mobile app or your smart speaker — say “Alexa, play NPR” and you’ll be connected. A couple weeks ago, 31-year-old Joshua Colon was being celebrated as Polk County’s firefighter of the year. Now the Orlando man is accused of covering up the theft of three doses of coronavirus vaccine. Colon resigned and has be...

The Ledger, Lakeland, Fla. Polk County's 2020 Paramedic of the Year has been arrested and charged with stealing COVID-19 vaccines meant for first responders. Joshua Colon, 31, was arrested Monday by the Polk County Sheriff's Office after confessing to intentionally stealing three doses of Moderna vaccine then forging paperwork in attempt to cover his actions, according to the Sheriff's Office. "We have a responsibility to uphold the community's trust. We found in one of these opportunities we didn't do that," Robert Weech, chief of Polk County Fire Rescue said. "We are deeply disappointed." A...