On Friday, September 24, 2021, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office concluded a month-long undercover investigation to identify suspects who possess and share child pornography.…
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POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA – Choose your friends carefully, because they might just get you into trouble. Early this morning, just after 3:00 AM, Polk…
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On Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at around 2:00 p.m., grove workers called PCSO after finding Mr. Bell deceased in a grove near Lewis Griffith…
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POLK COUNTY, FL – On June 15, 2021, 24-year-old Eduardo Martinez of California was arrested for four counts of Transmitting Harmful Material to a…
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PCSO Homicide detectives have arrested two 16-year-old suspects in the homicide of 17-year-old Taigur Taguri – both suspects have been charged with first degree…
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On Friday, June 4, 2021, PCSO Computer Crimes detectives placed 47-year-old Duane Andrew Franz under arrest, charging him with 45 counts possession of child…
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On Wednesday, May 26, 2021, PCSO detectives arrested 19-year-old Tyrone Berry of Haines City, 17-year-old Zedarian Outsey of Haines City, and 18-year-old Deshawn Williams…
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Homicide detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office have charged an inmate at the Polk County Jail for the murder of another inmate. 36-year-old…
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Detectives with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office are investigating an attempted murder that occurred at the South County Jail in unincorporated Frostproof on Thursday,…
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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is tough on crime and even tougher on crimes that could end up hurting or even killing innocent people…
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POLK COUNTY, FL – A Polk County Fire Rescue paramedic, who is also a training officer, has been arrested during an investigation into the…
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LAKE WALES, FL – Earnest is going to jail. No, it’s not the name of a new holiday movie coming to theaters this month,…
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Officials are well aware that incidences of rape and assault become more common in the wake of hurricanes such as Irma and Harvey. When…
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LAKELAND, FL – A woman in Tarpon Springs, Florida reported she was robbed at gunpoint near her home and the suspects were seen a…
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The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the murder of an elderly Polk City woman, and looking for the man responsible for her death.…
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LAKELAND, FL – On October 1, 2021, Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested three teenaged brothers: 14-year-old Adarius Valdez of Wauchula, 15-year-old Hasachi Thompson…
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The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 47-year old man after an investigation showed that he had been posing as a 17-year old boy…
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BEAUMONT, Texas – A Houston businessman has been sentenced to prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney…
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The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 37-year old Jason Robinson on Saturday, September 25, 2021, and charged him with 1st Degree Murder, for the death…
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DES MOINES –On September 10, 2021, United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger sentenced Ceeron Tearrence Williams, age 29, formerly of Des Moines,…
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A former Marine went on a shooting spree in Florida Sunday, killing four people including an infant before surrendering to authorities, according to a…
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Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven today sentenced Marchaun Browning (24, Gibsonton) to 5 years in federal prison, to be followed…
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POLK COUNTY, FL – Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is a national icon for conservatives. Grady and his deputies have drawn a line in…
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WINTER HAVEN, FL – On Tuesday, August 17, 2021, undercover detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Vice Unit conducted an on-going operation focused…
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POLK COUNTY, FL – A man who thought he was traveling to Polk County to have sex with a 15-year-old girl instead met up…
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