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

An angry mother who boarded a Polk County school bus and cursed at a student and the driver was arrested later, along with ...

Deputies said she yelled profanities and threats at the student, whom investigators later learned had been bullied by her son ...

A Florida sheriff called an altercation involving a worker and two customers at a McDonald’s in Polk County last weekend a ...

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

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A Georgia store owner arrested twice in Newton County on allegations of embezzling millions was arrested ...

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

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Hundreds of people have been arrested in another “Fool Around and Find Out — Again” operation. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said deputies are doing all they can do to ...

Of Florida’s 67 county Sheriffs, 60 of them want current Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia to stay in office.

A man was arrested in Polk County on Tuesday after he fled a traffic stop on foot and ended up in the swamp, according to the ...

A battery complaint ended with a naked Florida woman wearing handcuffs after investigators said she punched a female ...

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