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EAGLE LAKE: Car Burglaries on Gilbert
Oct 4, 2025
Media Contact : Brian Bruchey, PIO
Media Contact : Brian Bruchey, PIO
CRIME: CAR BURGLARIES
CRIME SCENE: GILBERT STREET / US 17, EAGLE LAKE
POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CASE# 25-40015
On October 4, 2025, between 2am and 6am, multiple car burglaries occurred in Eagle Lake, in the area around Gilbert Street and US 17.
It appears that all of the victims left their cars unlocked, and numerous pieces of property were stolen from within.
If you have any information about these crimes, please contact Detective Ferguson at 863-678-4115 or email HFerguson@polksheriff.org.
If you wish to remain anonymous AND be eligible for a reward, contact Heartland Crime Stoppers in one of four ways:
• CALL 1-888-400 TIPS (8477) Heartland Crime Stoppers Florida
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Winter Haven woman killed in crash with PCFR ambulance
A woman was killed Tuesday morning, October 7, 2025, after her vehicle crossed in front of a Polk County Fire Rescue ambulance that was traveling in emergency mode.
The ambulance was occupied by two PCFR members; there were… x.com/i/web/status/1…
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The PCSO is on the scene of a fatal traffic crash on Spirit Lake Road near Lichtenwalter Road (Winter Haven).
Units were dispatched at 10:03 am.
Spirit Lake Road is currently shut down.
There is one fatality, and… x.com/i/web/status/1…
Sheriff Judd weighs in on a situation that happened this past weekend in Chicago, when a Chief of Patrol Operations at the Chicago Police Department got on the radio and instructed his officers NOT TO RESPOND to assist federal agents who were under attack.
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