{"id":54861,"date":"2025-04-03T06:07:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T10:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=54861"},"modified":"2025-04-03T06:09:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T10:09:21","slug":"lakeland-man-arrested-for-felony-theft-at-mulberry-walmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/04\/03\/lakeland-man-arrested-for-felony-theft-at-mulberry-walmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland Man Arrested For Felony Theft At Mulberry Walmart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isaiah Knight, 33, of Lakeland, was arrested by the Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office (PCSO) Monday morning for retail theft at the Mulberry Walmart.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"7b6b63\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7b6b63;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"512\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/KNIGHT-ISAIAH-CHARLES-a.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54862 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/KNIGHT-ISAIAH-CHARLES-a.webp 414w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/KNIGHT-ISAIAH-CHARLES-a-243x300.webp 243w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the PCSO, a deputy was dispatched to the Walmart located at 6745 Church Avenue at approximately 11:15 a.m. in response to a report of a retail theft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Store security informed the deputy that a man had taken numerous items from a shelf and placed them into a duffel bag. The man also attempted to remove a spider-wrap security device, during which he cut his hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The total value of the items taken by the suspect was $298.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspect was located nearby at a bus stop and arrested. He was identified as Isaiah Knight and transported to the Polk County Jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities noted that because Knight has two prior theft convictions, the petit theft charge was upgraded to felony petit theft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isaiah Knight, 33, of Lakeland, was arrested by the Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office (PCSO) Monday morning for retail theft at the Mulberry Walmart. 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