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 ...

Rachel Smith, wanted for probation violation, apprehended after two-month search. WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – After evading authorities for nearly two months, 39-year-old Rachel Smith of Winter Haven was ...

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

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 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.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A recent string of vandalism in northern Frostproof has culminated in an arrest, the Polk County Sheriff’s Offi ce announced today. The incidents, which included graffiti and ...

A wanted Florida man has been arrested after a series of social media posts taunting the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Grady Judd for not being able to catch him.

A man was arrested after deputies were tipped off about several horses and goats living in poor conditions on his Lake Wales property.

Khalil Alexander Rembert, a jailer in Polk County, was arrested for DUI and failing to maintain a lane.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd held a news conference Friday morning to discuss the arrests of 225 people in an undercover investigation named “Fool Around and Find Out.” ...

A large-scale drug investigation in Polk County ended with the arrest of one man who is accused of making and delivering seven kinds of drugs from his home.

Crime Polk County man arrested in St. Louis with stolen vehicle St. Louis police spotted a stolen vehicle during a routine patrol and tried to stop Rickie Wells, 31, of Bolivar, Missouri.