Event Brief
IT Manager Found Dead After Restroom Camera Probe
By The BriefBrief · Sources (2)
Filed: Sep 22, 2026 at 10:00 PM ET
Summary: Polk County Sheriff’s Office says a 60-year-old Lakeland man suspected of hiding a camera in a women’s restroom was found dead Tuesday morning in Colt Creek State Park. The investigation began Monday after a device was discovered at the Polk County Tax Collector’s Office IT building in Bartow, with footage allegedly showing him filming coworkers.
WHO: Sean Michael Krause, 60, Lakeland; Polk County Sheriff’s Office; Polk County Tax Collector’s Office staff
WHAT: A suspected hidden-camera incident at a county IT facility led to a search and the man’s death being reported as an apparent suicide.
WHEN: Sep 22, 2026
WHERE: Colt Creek State Park, Polk County, Florida
WHY: The incident followed discovery of a hidden camera in a women’s restroom at the Polk County Tax Collector’s Office IT building.
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