The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has reported 454 immigration encounters since Aug. 1, more than any agency in Florida ...

Nicholas Jones and Peter Story threatened McDonald's worker Yoan Soto with violence and mass shooting before Soto shot Story ...

A Lakeland man riding an electric scooter was killed in a crash on US 92 at Fairway Avenue Friday evening, according to Polk ...

The woman, who was charged with lying when she accused her great uncle of rape, only to record him in the act later, has ...

The driver was heading north on Reynolds Road and nearing an intersection when the Jeep left the roadway, hit guide wires and ...

An employee of a McDonald’s in Florida is being accused of shooting at two customers who were arguing about how long it would ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd talked about a case he had “never seen before” during his Facebook “morning briefing” on Wednesday morning.

Deputies said the man transferred his car's registration to his nephew after the crash that left a 21-year-old woman dead.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is calling for witnesses to help solve the murder of Michael Carter Jr., who was shot and ...

A new lawsuit accuses the Polk County Sheriff’s Office of a "pattern, policy, practice and custom, of failing to adequately ...

Investigators say evidence in many of his cases, often involving child or sexual abuse, either didn't exist or disappeared.

A man accused of shooting his neighbor in the Leggett area leading to a search by law enforcement last week is now being held ...