Category: Crime / Justice

Deputies say a man kicked out of Mason’s Live for groping women returned to the bar, targeted people with his car and fired a shotgun into the air. Source: News Channel 8

Polk deputies are looking for John Lugo, 29, who they say fired his gun at a passing Cadillac, wounding two passengers, Monday night in a neighborhood west of Wabash Avenue.  A disabled teen died in the incident, reportedly from a shot fired by one of the car’s passengers. A news release issued by the Polk […]

“That’s pretty remarkable for all the wrong reasons. To be shot twice, in two gang-related shootings — at 11 you’re paralyzed and 17 you’re killed; it’s horrific,” Sheriff Grady Judd said of Monday’s 7:45 incident at 2602 Tennessee Road (map). Source: News Channel 8

CRASH: An LPD sergeant responding to a shoplifting incident crashed his cruiser into a tree at Lakeside Village. The Ledger PORN: Polk detectives filed child porn charges against an army specialist stationed at Fort Bragg in connection with an incident that occurred when he was visiting family in Lakeland. News Channel 8

Special education teacher Stacie Long, 41, was charged with cocaine possession, lying to deputies, possession of drug paraphernalia and maintaining a motor vehicle for drug use, The Ledger reported. Source: ABC Action News

Lakeland residents Tracy Dean Tronco, 51, a DOT transit coordinator, and Alejo Tronco-Diaz, 50, face charges of conspiracy, mail fraud, and federal program theft. Source: Tampa Bay Times

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Grady Judd’s deputies have a suspect and the stolen truck that was used, but they’re still looking for a large Swansation sculpture that was hauled away from a local business. One thing’s for sure: This story’s gonna put Lakeland back in the tabloids, despite the lack of a gator playing dress-up or terrifying tourists. Source: The Ledger