Polk County Sheriff's deputies are seeking information about a business burglary that occurred at Grove Equipment located at 5905 SR 60 in Bartow.
Sometime between the hours of 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 14, and 7:40 a.m. on Monday, August 16, 2010, unknown suspect(s) cut the lock on the gate at the fence to the business and removed four orange commercial "Bad Boy" brand lawn mowers, valued at over $20,000 total. A photo of one of the lawn mowers can be seen here.
If anyone saw anything suspicious during the above-mentioned dates and times, they are urged to contact Detective Michael Carver at 863.534.6291 or Heartland Crime Stoppers at 1.800.226.TIPS.