{"id":30408,"date":"2023-02-22T09:41:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T14:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=30408"},"modified":"2023-02-22T09:41:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T14:41:09","slug":"lakeland-family-dollar-store-thief-sought-by-polk-county-deputies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/02\/22\/lakeland-family-dollar-store-thief-sought-by-polk-county-deputies\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland Family Dollar Store Thief Sought By Polk County Deputies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polk County Sheriff\u2019s detectives are trying to identify the suspect pictured above who committed a retail theft at the Family Dollar store located at 1090 Pipkin Road West in Lakeland.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"439\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-1-300x227.jpg 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around 5:20 p.m. on Friday, February 17, 2023, the suspect seen here went into the store and placed several items into a handheld basket. The suspect then knelt down in one of the aisles, and put items into his backpack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He went to the register and paid for the items in his basket, then left the store on a green and white bicycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspect is described as a black male wearing a green shirt, tan pants, and black shoes, carrying a black Nike backpack (with the \u201cswoosh\u201d logo). The suspect has dreadlocks, and a beard or goatee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If anyone has information on this crime or recognizes this suspect, they are urged to contact Detective Wright at 863-577-1626 and reference case number 23-7393, or contact Heartland Crime Stoppers and remain anonymous:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CALL 1-800-226 TIPS (8477)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DIAL **TIPS from your cell phone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VISIT the website&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartlandcrimestoppers.com\/?fbclid=IwAR3IAhqHG6axXdDVDN-wKsXkzbCzJVXvGrF35YoHqW6HGWmpcV1QVh2kY2Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.heartlandcrimestoppers.com&nbsp;<\/a>and click on \u201cSubmit A Tip,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DOWNLOAD the free \u201cP3tips\u201d app on your smartphone or tablet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will always remain anonymous and you may be eligible for a cash reward if your information leads to an arrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polk County Sheriff\u2019s detectives are trying to identify the suspect pictured above who committed a retail theft at the Family Dollar store located at 1090 Pipkin Road West in Lakeland.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[4600],"class_list":["post-30408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-lakeland-family-dollar-store-thief-sought"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}