A Lakeland man was charged with second degree murder in the stabbing of another man after an argument led to knife play Saturday evening, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 22, 2009

Polk County sheriff's detectives are investigating a stabbing death that occurred tonight near the intersection of Harrelson and Chart Pine roads in North Lakeland. ...more

February 21, 2009

Polk County detectives said a Winter Haven man presented himself to people as a law enforcement officer, searched them, took their money and sprayed them with pepper spray. ...more

February 20, 2009

An 83-year-old Winter Haven man thought to be missing and endangered has been found safe, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said today. ...more

February 20, 2009

A Winter Haven mental health counselor was arrested today, accused of trying to extort money from one of his clients. ...more

February 16, 2009

Polk County deputies have charged the mother of one of the girls involved in the beating of a teenage girl recorded for YouTube with domestic battery in an unrelated incident. ...more

February 15, 2009

The driver in a Winter Haven hit-and-run crash that left a motorcyclist critically injured on Monday was identified and arrested today, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 12, 2009

Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies said they shut down an illegal radio station Wednesday afternoon in Winter Haven. ...more

February 11, 2009

An Avon Park man was arrested over the weekend in connection with five robberies that occurred in both Highlands and Polk counties. ...more

February 9, 2009

Neither the stepdaughter of a Polk County firefighter nor the stepdaughter of a Winter Haven police officer was wearing a seat belt when the teenagers were involved in a fatal wreck Sunday morning, Polk County deputies said today. ...more

February 9, 2009