Polk County sheriff's deputies reported Saturday that they found a homemade bomb, a 12-foot boa constrictor and a variety of guns when they broke up a north Lakeland methamphetamine lab on Friday. ...more

June 28, 2009

Four people were arrested Wednesday for allegedly operating a methamphetamine cook. ...more

February 26, 2009

A methamphetamine lab inside a home has been shut down, the Polk County Sheriff's Office says. ...more

February 26, 2009

Polk County detectives found a methamphetamine lab in a Lake Wales hotel room Thursday night, deputies say. ...more

September 26, 2008

Statistics show that cases of reported child abuse were up for the first eight months of 2008 compared to the same time period last year, according to Sheriff's Lt. John Chess, with the sheriff's Special Victims Unit. ...more

September 26, 2008

"Dark of the Moon," by John Sandford (Putnam, $26.95) ...more

December 9, 2007

'Dark of the Moon,' by John Sandford (Putnam, $26.95) ...more

October 19, 2007