The arrest happened just after midnight on Sunday, deputies said. A deputy sheriff reportedly spotted Pereira riding in a car ...

A man armed with garden shears was fatally shot by Polk County deputies on Monday, minutes after surviving an apparent ...

A 42-year-old man was shot and killed by Florida deputies after surviving an apparent alligator attack, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A man appeared to have ...

A former NFL star and a Red Cross Disaster Relief executive were among 244 suspects arrested by a Florida ... officials said. The Polk County Sheriff's Office on Friday announced the results ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said operation “Fool Around and Find Out” resulted in 255 arrests. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the operation focused on “human trafficking ...

More than 250 people were arrested — including a former NFL linebacker — earlier this month in a multiagency undercover operation to combat human trafficking, the Polk County Sheriff’s ...

But the problem with wide-scale diversion, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, is that criminals abuse the system. “PEACE just needs to get over it,” said Judd. “I am not buying in ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Winter Haven Police Department and Polk County Fire Rescue were searching Thursday afternoon for a juvenile in Lake Roy who was swimming ...

A volunteer with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office was arrested for selling his monthly prescription of Oxycodone pills from a marked vehicle, the sheriff said. Officials say a Florida sheriff ...

"This is the highest number of suspects we’ve ever arrested during a single undercover operation," Sheriff Grady Judd said. POLK COUNTY ... and broken families." Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ...