The spirit of freedom usually defines the Fourth of July, but for one Poinciana man, the holiday ended with him losing his own liberty. Mark Cracchiolo, 58, was arrested Thursday evening after an ...

A Georgia man found hiding behind a dumpster after allegedly breaking a van window in Lakeland is now facing a trip back to his home state on an outstanding ...

Man with 27 Arrests Back in Custody POLK COUNTY, Fla. - David Sheridan Pickard, a 50-year-old Bradley resident with a lengthy ...

LAKELAND, Fla. - A 20-year-old Lakeland woman, sought on charges of armed burglary and felony criminal mischief, was ...

A Florida man is in jail after he called McDonald's on his phone three times and threatened to "shoot this s— up" — all ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $3 million for an emergency operations center and fire facility in Haines City and $1 million for a municipal annex.

A multi-agency drug trafficking investigation led by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area ...

Nearly 300 people have been held at the Polk County Jail for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Of those, more than 200 ...

A wanted Florida man has been arrested after a series of social media posts taunting the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Grady Judd for not being able to catch him.

Wanted man Aaron Johnson captured after challenging Polk County Sheriff's Office on Facebook, bragging he couldn't be caught despite multiple felony warrants.

A man wanted on multiple felony charges has been taken into custody after making comments on a Florida sheriff’s office’s Facebook page, challenging deputies to catch him, police said.

It was game on when a wanted Florida man made a social media post challenging the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Grady Judd to find him.