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02-26-2018 INFORMATION SOUGHT IN RETAIL THEFT

Feb 26, 2018
Media Contact : Michele Cash, PIO

Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives are asking for the public’s help in a retail theft investigation.

On Monday February 26, 2018, around 12:30 a.m., an unknown white male suspect committed a retail theft  at the Circle K located at 933 Pipkin Road West in Lakeland.

The suspect was wearing a black t-shirt with a white t-shirt underneath, and khaki shorts. The suspect removed several items from the business without paying for the merchandise, fled the area on a blue bicycle, in an unknown direction.

Anyone with information about this investigation is urged to contact Detective J. Leblanc at (863) 577-1600, or 863.298.6200.

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