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10-12-2018 SUSPECT SOUGHT IN BANK ROBBERY
Oct 12, 2018
Media Contact : Carrie Horstman, PIO
Media Contact : Carrie Horstman, PIO
Polk County Sheriff's Robbery detectives are seeking the public's help to locate a serial robbery suspect who robbed bank in Clay County and Polk County the same week. He robbed a bank in Clay on Tuesday, October 9th, and a bank in Polk on Friday, October 12, 2018, in north Lakeland.
At 12:54 p.m. that afternoon, an unknown older white male suspect entered the TD Bank located at 6108 US Hwy 98 North in Lakeland and approached a teller, and passed her a note demanding money and implying that he was armed. The victim complied, and the suspect left with an undisclosed amount of cash.
The suspect was seen getting into a charcoal gray Ford F-150 truck, last seen leaving the north exit of the shopping plaza, and then heading south on US 98. The truck was possibly occupied by a female.
The suspect was identified as 60-year-old Myron Ernst from South Carolina. He has a gray hair and a gray mustache, and was wearing a green shirt that says "Levi Strauss & Co" on it, blue jeans, and sneakers.
If anyone has information about this incident or knows where Myron Ernst is, they are urged to contact the PCSO Robbery Unit at 863-298-6379.
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Burglary - occupied (F1)
Battery on a law enforcement officer (F2)
Resisting arrest with violence - 2 cts (F2)
Resisting arrest without violence - 2 cts (F3)
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#Breaking: This is Denis Corea Miranda, 21, in the country illegally from Nicaragua. He fought with federal agents as they were taking him into custody in #Lakeland this morning. He fled, PCSO set up a perimeter, and we got him.
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The Polk County Sheriff's Office is conducting a Firearms Safety Course/Concealed Weapons Class on Saturday, September 13th, from 8:00 am - Noon. If registration for the class fills up, a second afternoon class will be added for 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm.
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