POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Investigators with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office were looking Monday for the person, or persons, who stole 409 reset orange trees from a grove in Frostproof.
The theft took place sometime between 7 p.m. Nov. 29 and 7 a.m. Nov. 30 at a citrus grove in the area of Sangster Road and Old Avon Park Road, the sheriff’s office said.
The trees were valued at $3,000, investigators said.
Anyone with information on the missing trees is asked to contact the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, 863-287-2224, or Heartland Crime Stoppers, 800-226-TIPS.
Citrus is an important part of our livelihood here in Polk County. Crimes like this should not be taken lightly.
Posted by Polk County Sheriff's Office on Friday, December 2, 2016
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