News and Investigations

Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives received information about a package containing Xylazine tha...

A Lakeland man with 16 prior felony convictions was arrested by the Polk County Sheriff's Office and...

James Sosa-Pinto accidentally shot himself and told medical staff he was the victim of a drive-by sh...

On Wednesday, February 18, 2026, Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested 31 year old Ashley H...

At around 8:15 a.m. on Sunday, February 15, 2026, a Polk County deputy sheriff conducted a traffic s...

A suspect who is in the country illegally from Guatemala fled from a hit-and-run crash in Mulberry b...