A 22-year-old man stole a car, crashed it after police chased him, then carjacked someone before wrecking that vehicle as well, police say. ...more

September 15, 2009

A pickup driver is dead after trying to pass another truck on State Road 60 in Mulberry today, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. ...more

May 26, 2009

A 27-year-old assistant football coach from Braden River High School died Saturday night when the truck he was in flipped and crashed on an entrance ramp to Interstate 75 in Sarasota County. ...more

March 22, 2009

Polk County deputies arrested a fifth person Saturday in a shooting that left a 12-year-old bystander wounded in the leg. ...more

January 5, 2009

A 31-year-old man died when his pick-up truck lost control while trying to pass other cars in Polk County east of Lakeland on Saturday evening. ...more

January 4, 2009

Polk County deputies are seeking help to locate a missing woman whose life may be in danger. ...more

December 25, 2008

The driver of a 2006 Ford truck is in critical condition and his passenger is in serious condition after a crash Friday afternoon on U.S. 17 south of Fort Meade in Polk County, troopers say. ...more

November 7, 2008

A Plant City man is accused of stealing a revolver and a gun safe from a truck and selling the items, an affidavit states. ...more

October 22, 2008

Traffic homicide investigators with the Florida Highway Patrol spent about three hours going over the scene of a fatal crash Thursday morning that involved a Sebring man and a Bonita Springs man who was killed. ...more

August 14, 2008

A Miami man was free Monday on $6,500 bail after being arrested during a traffic stop in which he was a passenger, and being charged as a convicted felon in possession of a gun. ...more

August 12, 2008