During a multi-day joint-agency undercover operation led by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office named “...

Deputies arrested David Benjamin Ritchie after someone reported hearing screams from his van

Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies have arrested 22-year-old Justin Johnson following a grand the...

Students were playing a game called Senior Assassin, using water guns that looked like real handguns...

It’s time to lace up your running shoes - the 12th annual Judd Jog 5K is scheduled for Saturday, Apr...

Reuben "Buddy" Free, III in jail for beating a man with a golf club

Kenisha Fowler faces a 2nd Degree Misdemeanor for selling kratom to a student during an Operation Po...

Mark Cardona arrested following a road rage incident late Tuesday night

Alexis Diaz-Toledo, a sex offender in Dundee, was arrested for harboring a runaway 17-year old girl

Third time a rabid bat has been recovered in Polk County within a month.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is proud to join the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Polk County Lo...

On April 2, 2026, PCSO Cyber Crimes detectives arrested 50-year-old Christopher Burnside of Lakeland...

Sales clerk sold an alcoholic beverage to an 18 year old who was part of the PCSO operation

2nd rabies case in Polk County this year

On March 30, 2026, Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested 31-year-old Gavin Ledbetter of Lak...

Gary Lenard Wells is facing 35 felonies for the things he did to a child

David Richard Morris arrested for 2nd Degree Murder and other charges for violent death of 56-year o...

56-year old Jeffrey Lee Blevins's death is being investigated

On Wednesday, March 25, 2026, deputies with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office conducted compliance ch...

The first case of rabies in Polk County this year has been confirmed in Lake Wales.​