A Lakeland woman is accused of fracturing the skull of a one-month-old boy, officials said. ...more

January 30, 2009

A Hillsborough County deputy and his wife were arrested, charged with domestic battery, Polk County deputies say. ...more

January 28, 2009

Polk County deputies have released a 911 call made from one of the people who found the body of a Haines City teenager this weekend. ...more

January 21, 2009

Polk County deputies have arrested the husband of the driver they say struck and killed a Haines City teenager Friday night. Rodney Clem Cummings was in the car with his wife, Candy Cummings, when the vehicle struck 17-year-old Samantha Hastings, sending her flying into a barbed wire fence, deputies said. ...more

January 19, 2009

An anonymous tip led Polk County deputies to arrest a woman in connection with a hit-and-run accident that killed a 17-year-old girl Friday night. ...more

January 19, 2009

Before she left her house Friday night to hang out with a friend, Samantha Hasting sent a text message. ...more

January 18, 2009

While conducting a narcotics investigation last night, Polk County Sheriff's Office investigators discovered a cockfighting ring, according to a media release. ...more

January 17, 2009

Three men accused in the slaying of a Frostproof man on Sunday have been arrested on charges of first degree murder, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

January 13, 2009

Polk County deputies arrested a fifth person Saturday in a shooting that left a 12-year-old bystander wounded in the leg. ...more

January 5, 2009

When 93-year-old Walter Farley was found shot dead in his home, his son's wife, Mary, asked Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, "Are you going to do everything you can to find who killed my father-in-law?" ...more

January 4, 2009