Was your date arrested in Lakeland or Polk County? Check now

Did your date spend time as a guest in the Polk County Jail "hotel?"

The Polk County Sheriff's Office database on arrests and jail bookings is a good check for finding out. This free resource includes jail bookings back to 1990, which is further back than offered by most online county arrest searches in Florida. Polk County includes the Florida cities of Lakeland, Bartow, Winter Haven and Haines City.

You can search for current or past inmates by year. Details provided include:

• A mugshot
• Age
• Date of arrest and booking into jail
• Charges
• Bond amounts
• Arresting agency
• Release date

Just because someone got arrested doesn't mean a conviction followed. Charges can change or get dropped. To check on the disposition of a criminal case after an arrest or on past convictions in Polk County, check out the records online from the Polk County Clerk of Courts Office.