A man with multiple outstanding warrants was taken into custody Monday evening following a brief chase near Granado’s Produce in Lake Wales.
According to information provided to Lake Wales Daily by Lieutenant Emmanuel Figueroa of the Lake Wales Police Department, the incident began when the warrant suspect fled officers. The individual was apprehended, and authorities confirmed there was no ongoing threat to the public.
The suspect has been identified as David A. Avard. According to Polk County Clerk of Courts records Avard is facing charges including burglary of an occupied structure and two counts of resisting an officer without violence. The charges stem yesterday’s incident.
Additional records indicate Avard has prior arrests, including a 2026 case involving felony petit theft due to prior convictions, thus one of the warrants. In a separate 2025 case, records show he was accused of taking property from a homeless man in the Dundee area. He pled no contest and was found guilty. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail…