28-year old Tiffany Perkins of Lake Wales got Arrested By The Polk County Sheriffs Office on Tuesday, February 25th, and collected A LOT of charges.
A PCSO deputy responded to Tiffany’s residence on Sugar Pine Loop at around 10:49 am at the request of two Duke Energy employees.
The Duke Energy workers were at the residence regarding possible theft of utilities there, and Tiffany released her dogs at them.
The deputy arrived and began speaking with Tiffany, but then she called 911.
As the deputy moved toward Tiffany to arrest her, he was attacked by a Great Dane, causing injury to his arm and eye.
Additional deputies responded and took Tiffany into custody.
The investigation determined that Tiffany was indeed stealing electricity from Duke Energy after they had cut the power from her home.
PCSO’s Animal Control responded and recovered a second Great Dane that was in extremely poor health. Both Great Danes were removed from the property.
Tiffany Perkins was taken to the Polk County Jail and charged with: aggravated battery on law enforcement, aggravated assault on law enforcement, aggravated assault (2-counts), resisting with violence, resisting without violence, theft of utility services, petit theft, trespass other than structure/ conveyance, animal cruelty, open septic, nuisance injurious to health, burning prohibited materials, waste tire disposal, misuse of 911, and unpermitted landfill.
