The man is accused of sexually abusing a girl in his care for three years, and in a first for Polk County, his charges were ...

Alvaro Jimenez, 32, will face enhanced criminal charges under Florida's new law related to people who commit crimes while in the U.S. illegally.

After the water rescue, the sheriff's office took the opportunity to warn the public about walking onto ice with the warming ...

Florida Senate President Ben Albritton appointed Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri to ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office warns residents against walking onto ice in ponds and lakes as the weather warms up, and ...

Deputies said she released the dog on two Duke Energy workers before the dog attacked the deputy who was trying to arrest her ...

More than two years after a quadruple homicide devastated Moscow, Idaho, a judge unsealed the transcript of a recent hearing ...

A Lake Wales man wanted for tampering with an electronic monitoring device was arrested Wednesday after leading Polk County ...

An undocumented immigrant was arrested in Polk County on charges of sexual battery and child abuse and will be among the first in the state to face enhanced charges due to their immigration status.

Jason L. Pickles alleges that he did not receive care for a gunshot wound at the South County Jail. The sheriff's office calls the lawsuit "frivolous." ...

Polk County deputies said they saved a teenager who suffered years of abuse and enslavement after being brought to the United States.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is offering a $5,000 reward to help locate a gun used by teenagers who he says shot and killed a man in Frostproof.