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

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

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

Democrats Launch Investigation Into Trump’s ‘Theft’ Of $230 Million In Taxpayer Money 16-year-old driver charged after car ...

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

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, and Haines City Police Chief Jay Hopwood, laid out "preliminary information" in their ...

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

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A young woman is taking action against Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, two of his detectives and other employees regarding ...

A 48-year-old Central Florida woman was arrested for allegedly verbally assaulting several people including a student on a school bus.

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

Florida’s new immigration enforcement dashboard shows 5,900-plus encounters statewide in the last 90 days, with the Martin ...