Polk County deputies arrested a man who took a Chevrolet 4x4 from the Family Fun Center in Lakeland on Friday evening after trying to carjack two other people, the sheriff's office said. ...more

July 18, 2008

Our Government At Work Regarding "Ammonia Pipeline Owner Fined $400,000 Over Leak" (Metro, July 9): ...more

July 15, 2008

TAMPA - Polk County Jail inmates no longer have the option of drinking chocolate milk, fresh milk, coffee, tea or juice. ...more

July 9, 2008

BARTOW - An Auburndale man arrested in March on child pornography charges was arrested again today for violating his pretrial conditions after deputies found 50 pornographic magazines, 47 children's panties and 17 training bras in his house, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 25, 2008

Charges against a Lakeland man are expected to be upgraded to first-degree murder after a man he is accused of setting on fire died Saturday, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 15, 2008

A Lakeland man will be charged with first degree murder later today after the man he torched died early this morning, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. ...more

June 14, 2008

LAKELAND A 36-year-old man has been arrested on charges of attempted murder and arson after a fire at a Lakeland home this morning left two people injured. ...more

June 11, 2008

TAMPA - A former Auburndale police officer was accused by detectives today of meeting a 15-year-old girl online and soliciting her for sex, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. Jerad Moxley, 25, of 340 W. Assembly St., Eagle Lake, was charged with solicitation of a minor via the Internet. ...more

June 11, 2008

Mulberry police charged a man with felony arson and felony aggravated assault, saying he used an aerosol can as a makeshift flamethrower. ...more

June 10, 2008

TAMPA - A three-month investigation into a southeast Polk County copper wire theft trend led to the arrest of two brothers from Kissimmee, deputies announced today. ...more

June 10, 2008