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A driver was killed after two pickup trucks collided at an intersection in Polk County Wednesday evening, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
Because both graves were unmarked and the bones scattered after their caskets had collapsed, the team cleaned and reassembled both skeletons, and Sullivan and Sederwall took samples from both ...
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the Lakeland Police Department helped to arrest 28 members of the Mongols motorcycle ...
One man is dead, and another is charged with murder after an altercation turned deadly in Ocoee early Tuesday morning.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office is warning residents of a scam in the area. According to a release from the office on Tuesday, July 1, officers were advised by Polk County Environmental Services of a ...
One by one, deputies stopped by a young Lakeland boy’s lemonade stand to buy a cup. The sheriff’s office said Jude is heading into the 5th grade and has been working to save money for a Nintendo ...
Sheriff Grady Judd said the man was holding gun to his chest, then after being shot with a bean bag, pointed the gun at SWAT ...
The Polk County Sheriff's Office, partnering with ICE's 287(g) program, transferred over 200 undocumented immigrants to ICE custody between January and May. Of those detained, less than 35 were ...
A Polk County sheriff's deputy once publicly praised for his record-breaking number of DUI arrests resigned on June 25 after being arrested on charges of taking money from a driver at a traffic stop.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Lakeland Police Department shared a series of Facebook posts by 29-year-old Aaron Donta Johnson, who was a wanted man for violating a pretrial release condition.
A shooting involving law enforcement officers in Polk County unfolded Monday afternoon following a call about a domestic ...