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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 ...
TAVARES, Fla. — Lake County Judge Emily Curington set the bond at $1 million for Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez on Friday morning as he sat in an orange jumpsuit while facing federal ...
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 ...
In a press conference Monday evening, Sheriff Grady Judd said the incident happened before noon when a deputy responded to a ...
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.
Here's how many calls for assistance Marion and Polk county sheriffs' have received from federal agencies related to immigration enforcement in 2025.
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.
Wanted man Aaron Johnson captured after challenging Polk County Sheriff's Office on Facebook, bragging he couldn't be caught despite multiple felony warrants.
A former Polk County Sheriff's Office employee was arrested and accused of DUI on Saturday, according to Sheriff Johnny Moats.
Florida Sheriff Grady Judd ready to support the Trump administration's immigration enforcement, but cites lack of detention capacity and calls for federal action.
Man struck Polk County deputy during traffic stop before running away, sheriff's office says Jhonnys Robles Pereira, 37, was in the U.S. illegally from Venezuela, the Polk County Sheriff's Office ...