Records from Polk County Public Schools showed a rise of 69.2% in battery toward staff during the 2024-2025 school year.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office says Deputy Justin Register stole cash out of a driver's wallet during a recent traffic stop. He resigned after his arrest on a petit theft charge.

A Habitual Offender's Costly Ride LAKE WALES, Fla. - Early Tuesday morning, a Haitian man with a penchant for speed found himself in hot water with the law, getting arrested after blowing past a Polk ...

A detective with the Lakeland Police Department was arrested on Friday after Polk deputies said he falsely reported a crime.

Two out-of-state teenagers have been arrested in connection with a pair of swatting incidents last month that targeted a home in Polk County, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

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.

A traffic enforcement deputy with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office resigned Wednesday after being arrested for stealing cash during a traffic stop.

The deputy was praised in February for making more than 200 DUI arrests last year. Polk Sheriff Grady Judd said all of his traffic stops will be audited.

Sheriff Grady Judd is set to speak about a fentanyl drug trafficking investigation that involved two Mexican cartels, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said.

A deputy with the Polk County Sheriff's Office has resigned after being charged with stealing money during a traffic stop, the agency announced.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation and Polk County District Attorney Jeffrey Kemp announced Wednesday that a former Polk County doctor was charged with child ...

Though DeSantis and Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd are close allies, DeSantis vetoed $689,000 that the Legislature had approved to replace a chiller at the Central County Jail in Bartow, operated ...