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Man arrested, charged after alleged kidnapping in Polk County
LAKE ALFRED A quick-thinking friend helped to put a Webster man behind bars this week after Polk County Sheriff’s deputies say the man kidnapped his girlfriend and threatened her, telling her had a gun and would shoot her.
Marie Mosely told deputies she received a Facebook message on Tuesday from an unknown person, telling her that 28-year-old Louis Alberto Saez, Jr., “has her somewhere. Do you know where?”
Mosely then began repeatedly calling her friend, whose name is redacted in the deputy’s report because she is the victim of a domestic violence crime. Mosely’s friend answered the phone, telling Mosely, “it s not like that this time” and “everything was fine,” but Mosely said it sounded like her friend was crying. Mosely asked her friend repeatedly where she was, but she said Saez would not let her answer and hung up the phone. The victim said he then threw the phone out the car windo
Your mini-guide to the City of Lakeland’s Special Election on April 6
Photo via @rontjunior
Ready to use your voice to make a difference in Lakeland? If your answer to the above question is “yes,” then first thing’s first: Today is
the deadline to register to vote in the City’s special election on
April 6.
(or double-checked to make sure you’re
already registered
vote in-person or you need-to-know before voting. ⬇️ is allowed to vote in this election.
Here’s what’s at stake: a
temporary seat on the
replace former Commissioner Scott Franklin (who was recently elected to the U.S. House of Representatives).