On September 1, 2016, PCSO Special Victims Unit detectives arrested 32-year-old Imeldo Cano of Lakeland, for four counts Sexual Battery on a Minor Between 12-17 Years Old (F-1), and one count Person Over 21 Years Old Impregnating Child Under 16 Years Old (F-3), after Cano sexually molested and impregnated a 14-year-old girl with whom he had access.

Man who began sexually battering a Polk County child when she was nine years of age, and ultimately impregnating her when she was 11, has been extradited from Guatemala - PCSO Detectives worked with FBI & US Department of Justice to return 25-year-old Rony Mendez to the USA for prosecution.

On Wednesday, August 24, 2016, PCSO School Resource deputies, along with the assistance of a PCSO Explorer (high school student volunteers), conducted “Operation Pop Top” in an effort to combat the illegal sale of alcohol and tobacco to minors, in the Eagle Lake and Winter Haven areas.

In October 2014, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Organized Retail Crimes Unit received information about an organized retail crimes group committing early morning thefts of electronics and merchandise at multiple Wal-Mart stores throughout Polk County. Since that date PCSO detectives, working with detectives with the Tarpon Springs Police Department, multiple other law enforcement agencies, and Walmart loss prevention investigators, have investigated an organized group of individuals committing grand theft

On Tuesday, August 16, 2016, the PCSO Undercover Vice Unit conducted an operation at Saddle Creek Park and Gator Creek Preserve in unincorporated Polk County, in response to complaints about lewd activity. Four suspects were arrested.

On Tuesday, August 9, 2016, PCSO Agricultural Crimes detective obtained arrest warrants for a husband and wife, 65-year-old Darlynn Czerner and 61-year-old Clinton “Butch” Martin, owners of the Darlynn’s Darlins, Inc., animal sanctuary (9830 Evans Road, Polk City), charging both of them with three (3) counts of Felony Animal Cruelty (F-3), and 138 counts of Animal Neglect (M-1).

Polk County Sheriff’s Office Homicide detectives arrested 31-year-old Caleb J. McKinney, 202 Alderman Road, Lakeland, charging him with First Degree Murder, Attempted First Degree Murder, Aggravated Assault with a Firearm - Domestic Violence, and Shooting into an Occupied Conveyance, in connection to the shooting death of 27-year-old Clifford Owen Cofer, II, of Winter Haven – a Sumter County Fire/EMS Lieutenant.

On Tuesday, July 26, 2016, PCSO Fraud Detectives arrested 33-year-old Aaron Wilborn of Plant City and charged him with one count Scheming to Defraud (F-3), and one count Grand Theft (F-3), after investigation revealed that from 2014 to 2015, when he was the volunteer President of the Kathleen High School Athletic Booster Club, he used the club debit/credit card to spend over $9,800 for personal reasons. Wilborn is employed by Merlin Entertainment in Orlando.