Polk County Sheriff’s Office:
45-year old Patrick Edwin Scott of Lakeland was arrested by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, November 6th.
Patrick is accused of causing quite the disturbance at a convenience store on Memorial Boulevard in Lakeland on Wednesday after 10pm.
He entered the store and began acting suspicious.
Patrick walked behind the sales counter, and then he went into the store’s office.
Employees confronted him in the office and told him he had to leave, but he refused multiple times.
Employees tried to physically remove him from the office, but Patrick armed himself with a fire extinguisher.
Deputies arrived at the store; Patrick set the fire extinguisher down, and surrendered without incident.
Patrick Scott was arrested and taken to the Polk County Jail where he was charged with burglary, grand theft of a fire extinguisher, and trespassing.