Event Brief
Lakeland Santa’s brother arrested in Walmart
Filed: Jul 09, 2026 at 6:00 PM ET
Summary: Polk deputies arrest 62-year-old man accused of exposing himself to a 5-year-old in a Mulberry Walmart after Crime Stoppers tip.
WHO: Polk County deputies; a 62-year-old man; a mother and her 5-year-old daughter; Sheriff Grady Judd
WHAT: Arrest of a man accused of exposing himself to a 5-year-old child inside a Mulberry Walmart
WHEN: Jul 09, 2026 at 5:54 PM ET
WHERE: Mulberry, Polk County, Florida (Walmart)
WHY: A Crime Stoppers tip ended a two-day search for a man accused of following and exposing himself to a child in the store
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