The Brief
- Polk County deputies arrested a man and woman following a multi-city retail theft and stolen vehicle investigation.
- Detectives identified Jessica Knight through store surveillance video and caught her driving a stolen Ford.
- Authorities recovered stolen merchandise along with the vehicle and charged both suspects with multiple offenses.
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Deputies arrested two people Monday after an investigation into retail thefts and a stolen vehicle spanning Polk and Osceola counties, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
Retail theft investigation in Davenport
What we know:
Deputies began investigating Sunday after receiving a report of a theft at the Publix on U.S. Highway 27 in Davenport. An employee reported seeing a suspect leave with a shopping cart containing Tide and Gain detergent pods without paying before driving away in a black Ford.
Detectives said they used surveillance video to identify 46-year-old Jessica Knight as the suspect and obtained an arrest warrant for felony petit theft due to her prior theft convictions.
Stolen car spotted in Kissimmee
The backstory:…