POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Lakeland woman who posed as a Department of Children and Families (DCF) employee was arrested after trying to ‘remove’ a 9-year-old boy from a local home last week, according to the sheriff’s office.
In a release, deputies said that they were sent to the home shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Friday after the woman — identified as 56-year-old Nicole Thomas — called 911 to ask for a deputy to help her remove the children from the home.
“The caller identified herself as Thomas, and she claimed to be an employee of DCF,” the release reads. “According to witness statements, Thomas arrived with the victim’s biological mother and approached the home, where (a woman) was babysitting four children.”…