POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Four different vendors at a flea market in Auburndale were selling “jail broken” Amazon Fire Sticks that allowed consumers to get TV shows and movies for free, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said they received complaints about the devices being sold at International Market World Flea Market and went undercover to investigate.
Undercover detectives went to four different vendors and purchased “jail broken” Fire Sticks for anywhere from $80 to $107 and in most cases, received a tutorial on how to use the devices.
All four suspects were from Lakeland and Roe was the only one who was not “jail breaking” the devices on his own, according to a news release.
Consumers beware, there really is not an honest way to get something for nothing,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said.