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Archive for February 2008

PCSO Animal Adopt-A-Thon

Posted by: Lilsis on: February 20, 2008

Did you know that the nose pad of a cat is ridged in a pattern that is unique, just like the fingerprint of a human, or that a dog’s sense of smell is about 37 times stronger than a human’s?
Well why not adopt a pet and check out these facts for yourself? [...]

Osceola County School Superintendent Retires

Posted by: Lilsis on: February 16, 2008

Osceola County schools Superintendent Blaine Muse, who came under fire last summer because of lagging school grades, will retire later this year after a decade on the job.
Orlando Sentinel

Northern Illinois University, PCSO notified shooters father

Posted by: Lilsis on: February 15, 2008

PCSO was contacted by Dekalb Police at approximately 2:30 a.m. this morning and asked to make next-of-kin notification to Robert Kazmierczak, who lives in Lakeland, to let him know that his son, Steven, was the shooting suspect at Northern Illinois University and that he was deceased. We were also asked to gather information from Mr. [...]

Osceola County * Osceola County Sheriff’s detectives issued a
warrant for a suspect accused of Emailing Harmful Materials to a
14-year-old girl in St. Cloud. The suspect, Timothy I. Marcaurele (DOB
10/24/66) was located by Boulder City, Nevada Police Department and is
being held until extradition to Osceola County.
Detectives received information about the incident on December
31, 2007, when [...]

2 Pounds Cocaine Seized, Victor Luis Encarnacion arrested.

Posted by: Lilsis on: February 15, 2008

Thanks to a diligent postal inspector in Puerto Rico and cooperation between several agencies, nearly 2 pounds of cocaine was seized and prevented from being distributed in Polk County yesterday.
According to the affidavit*, on February 11, 2008, an express mail package addressed to Ariel Mendez at 739 Caribou Drive in Kissimmee (Polk County) was flagged [...]

Polk County Sheriff’s Office Advisory follow up

Posted by: Lilsis on: February 14, 2008

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has 20 additional Pokemon brand lollipops, that were purchased from a Dollar General Store in Polk County, that appear to have pieces of metal in them. The lollipops were seized from Kathleen Elementary School this afternoon.
Sheriff Judd will be available at 5:30 p.m., and no later than 5:30 p.m., today [...]

A Safety Advisory To All Parents

Posted by: Lilsis on: February 14, 2008

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is issuing a warning this evening to the public via the media – a mother purchased a bag of 10 Pokemon Valentines and Pops on February 7, 2008, at the Dollar General Store on 6735 South Florida Avenue in Lakeland, and noticed tonight that one of the lollipops has a [...]

PCSO Advisory Council – Polk County Residents

Posted by: Lilsis on: February 13, 2008

Sheriff Grady Judd is seeking residents of Polk County, who are over the age of 18, to apply to participate in his fourth Sheriff’s Advisory Council—the current Sheriff’s Advisory Council will end their 1-year term in April 2008. The Council will consist of 20 members who will serve voluntarily and meet quarterly with Sheriff Judd. [...]

Two men arrested on Drug charges

Posted by: Lilsis on: February 13, 2008

Polk County Sheriff’s undercover Narcotics detectives, along with the HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) task force, arrested two men on February 11, 2008, and seized a large amount of drugs after serving a search warrant at 3430 Mountain Lake Cutoff Road in Lake Wales.
The residence belongs to Roger Trejo, DOB 11/19/83, who had sold [...]

This story was originally posted by the Orlando Sentinel, copied here for your information only.
orlandosentinel.com/news/local/osceola/orl-opatrol1008feb10,0,7856507.story
OrlandoSentinel.com
Both Osceola and Polk volunteers can patrol Poinciana to help deputies
Mari Robyn Jones
Special To The Sentinel
February 10, 2008
POINCIANA
On the Polk County side of this community, residents volunteer to patrol their neighborhoods and watch for anything amiss. Whatever they see [...]