Lakeland Police Department

LAKELAND, FL (March 25, 2021) – On Thursday, March 25, 2021, Lakeland Police Department detectives presented investigative findings in two homicide cases to a Polk County Grand Jury, recommending charges of First Degree Murder in the deaths of 22-year-old Takeria Adderly and 65-year-old Ricky Kimball. The death investigations of Adderly and Kimball both began in July of 2020, a ...

LAKELAND (March 21, 2021) - On Saturday, March 20, 2021, at approximately 11:55 p.m., officers responded to a traffic crash involving a single motorcycle near East Edgewood Drive and Lakeland Highlands Road. According to reports, just prior to the crash, a 2007 Suzuki GSXR motorcycle was traveling west on East Edgewood Drive. The driver was negotiating a left turn to proceed so ...

LAKELAND, FL (March 19, 2021) - Detectives with the Lakeland Police Department are currently working a death investigation stemming from an event that occurred earlier this week. On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, at approximately 5:50 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 7-11 at 2580 Kathleen Road in reference to a physical altercation between two adult males, ages 72 and 41. One ...

LAKELAND, FL (March 7, 2021) - On Sunday, March 7, 2021, at 6:25 a.m., the Lakeland Police Department (LPD) received a call requesting officers to respond to the 5400 block of Quarry Rock Road, related to a disturbance involving a man with a gun. Three uniform patrol officers responded to the location, inside the Cobblestone Landing Townhomes property.  As officers arrived o ...

LAKELAND (February 21, 2021) - On Sunday, February 21, 2021, at approximately 3:40 a.m., officers responded to a traffic crash involving a single vehicle on Sleepy Hill Road. According to reports, a 2008 Ford Expedition was traveling eastbound on Sleepy Hill Road, approaching the intersection with Kennedy Boulevard, when the driver lost control of the vehicle and struck a tree ...

UPDATE: #SILVERALERT CANCELLED Mrs. Purvis has been located and is in the process of being reunited with her family. Thank you to everyone who shared! The Lakeland Police Department has issued a Silver Alert for a missing adult, 70-year-old Ingrid Purvis. Mrs. Purvis is believed to be traveling in a white 2017 Chrysler Pacifica minivan, bearing Florida tag KWW ...

LAKELAND, FL (February 14, 2021) - On Saturday, February 13, 2021, at approximately 10:23 p.m., a Lakeland Police Officer was conducting a traffic stop in the parking lot of the 7-11 at 851 South Florida Avenue when a citizen notified him that a clerk was in distress inside the store. Upon entering the store Officer Purdy found a store clerk pointing to the counter area where h ...

LAKELAND, FL (February 13, 2021) - On Friday, February 12, 2021, at approximately 9:45 p.m., a Lakeland Police Officer working an extra duty detail at Lakeland Regional Health was notified by hospital security of a possible assault on a patient inside the building. Upon investigation, detectives learned that an 82-year-old female patient was sexually assaulted in the elevator b ...

UPDATE: On Tuesday, February 2, 2021, at approximately 6:30 am, Lakeland Police were called to investigate a shooting that took place near the 1500 block of Fairbanks Street. Upon arrival, they found an adult male with gunshot wounds. He was transported to Lakeland Regional Health for treatment, but despite the best efforts of medical professionals, the 36-year-old victim suc ...

UPDATE: The suspect , identified as Mandel Baker, has been taken into custody and charged with felony battery. Thank you to everyone who shared the information and provided tips.   The suspect seen in these photos is wanted in connection with a battery that took place yesterday. On Friday, January 29, 2021, at approximately 5:25 p.m., officers wer ...