La madre de una de las adolescentes acusada de golpear a otra y filmar la golpiza, dijo que planea demandar al alguacil Grady Judd por difamación. ...more

July 22, 2008

The attorney representing Christina Garcia, the mother of one of the teens accused in the videotaped beating of Victoria Lindsay, has filed a notice to sue Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd for making defamatory remarks. ...more

July 21, 2008

Detectives are looking for a man they say called a Mulberry business about 30 times to threaten an employee, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

July 21, 2008

TAMPA Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee wants employees to reduce fuel use in sheriff's office vehicles by at least 10 percent. In a June 17 memorandum, Gee told employees that the reduction is necessary due to rising gas prices and a murky budget outlook. He also asked employees to use the least expensive fuel possible. "Voluntary reduction is the first step to reduce our costs, which amounts to several million dollars each year," Gee wrote. "More drastic steps may be required in the future to ensure that we are able to fulfill our highest priorities, however, voluntary assistance from each of you can go a long way to avoid those measures." ...more

July 3, 2008

Polk County deputies are looking for an 18-year-old in the fatal stabbing Thursday of a man outside a supermarket in Mulberry. ...more

June 27, 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

The video shows a man in a light-colored hoodie sweatshirt with a bandana across his face walk into the convenience store. In his right hand, held down at about belt level, a silver handgun. He approaches the counter, raises the gun, wipes it across his mouth, points it at the clerk – who is off screen - and fires. Then he runs out of camera view before popping back in for about a second. ...more

June 22, 2008

The video shows a man in a hoodie sweatshirt with a bandanna across his face walk into the convenience store. In his right hand, held at about belt level, is a silver handgun. ...more

June 22, 2008

DAVENPORT – A man who was shot this morning during a robbery at a Citgo gas station has died. ...more

June 20, 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