The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has more than a third of a million followers of its Facebook page, and the agency regularly posts seeking public help in finding suspects, either those sought for local crimes or as an assist to another law-enforcement agency.
Such posts typically receive mostly positive responses along the lines of, “Go get ‘em, Grady,” in reference to Sheriff Grady Judd.
The response was different Friday when the PCSO posted about Jonathan Pollock, a North Lakeland resident facing multiple charges in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Federal authorities say he assaulted three police officers during the riot. The Sheriff s Office post said the FBI had requested that the agency spread information about Pollock, 21, who hadn’t yet been found and arrested as of Friday.