WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – A routine warrant search ended with three people booked into the Polk County Jail on Saturday after officers found a wanted man hiding under a mattress and recovered methamphetamine from two other suspects.
According to the Winter Haven Police Department, officers went to a residence on 5th Street SE on Aug. 15 to serve an active felony battery warrant on 24-year-old Serge Nombre. Upon arrival, police spoke with Nombre’s mother, 53-year-old Mia Jones, who told them her son was not inside. Jones gave officers consent to search the home.
During the search, officers noticed a large lump in the middle of a mattress lying on a bedroom floor. When police lifted the mattress, they found Nombre concealed underneath…