Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Blane Lane was shot and killed while serving a felony arrest warrant in the 4300 block of Foxtown South in Polk City at about 3:00 am.
He and three other deputies were invited into the subject's trailer to serve the failure-to-appear warrant for a previous narcotics charge. While Deputy Lane and three other deputies checked the mobile home, the wanted subject walked into the room and pointed a gun at them. The deputies immediately fired at the subject, but one of their rounds went through a wall and struck Deputy Lane in the shoulder.
He was transported to Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center where he succumbed to his wound.
The subject, a convicted felon, was shot twice and recovered from non-life-threatening wounds. She was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Deputy Sheriff Lane had served with the Polk County Sheriff's Office for one year.
Survivors
He is survived by his 3-year-old child.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Deputy Sheriff Lane gave the Polk County Sheriff's Office 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Winter Haven community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Lane.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Blane Lane is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In FL, 313 of 1,008 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 0.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Polk County Sheriff's Dept., 9 of 18 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Blane Lane's cause is highlighted.
How Blane Lane Compares
Offender Outcome
Sentenced to life in prison
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Blane Lane is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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