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MISSING ADULT - Frankie James III
Oct 7, 2021
Media Contact : Carrie Horstman, Administrator
Media Contact : Carrie Horstman, Administrator
Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives are asking the public’s help in locating a missing adult.
Franklin “Frankie” James III (DOB 2/26/1992), has been missing since April 12, 2014, after being dropped off at the Walgreens located at 6730 US Highway 98 North in Lakeland, just before 6:00 pm. He was 22 years old at the time, but is 29 years old at this time (in 2021).
James is described as a white male approximately 5'10" tall, weighing approximately 165 pounds, with blue eyes and blonde hair. He has numerous tattoos including a blue rose on the left side of his neck, praying hands on his inside right forearm, "Renee" on his inside left forearm, a marijuana leaf on his right arm, a red white and blue cross on his left arm, and a neck tattoo of rosary beads and a cross. James also has several scars on the inside of his forearms and one in the middle of his lower back.
Anyone with information about this investigation is urged to contact Detective Jason McPherson at 863-298-6923.
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Polk County Sheriff, Grady Judd, briefed the media from the scene of a deputy involved shooting that occurred on 6/30/25 near Caspian Rd and St Cloud Rd in Poinciana. No deputies were injured. The suspect, Wilfrido Ramon Morales, was injured and is in custody. x.com/i/web/status/1…
Sheriff Grady Judd will brief the media at 5:30 p.m. Monday afternoon, June 30, 2025, from the scene of a deputy- involved shooting in Poinciana. No deputies were injured. The suspect was injured and is in custody.
Media should go to the area of St Cloud Road and Caspian Road… x.com/i/web/status/1…
PCSO deputies went looking for 52-year old Nathan Stokes of Lake Wales on Sunday, June 29th, at around 3:28 pm.
Stokes had two outstanding Polk County warrants (Burglary, Fraud, Theft, and Possession of Methamphetamine) and one Osceola County warrant (Felony Petit Theft).
The… x.com/i/web/status/1…
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