Polk County investigators have made arrests in two separate methamphetamine investigations. On Monday, detectives learned Richard Brewer, 33, was manufacturing methamphetamine at his Lakeland home, Polk County deputies say. Brewer, of 509 E. Main Street, already was on probation for manufacturing methamphetamine. ...more

February 24, 2009

A 26-year-old Tampa woman has been charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving an injury to a pedestrian. ...more

February 23, 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

Pasco County sheriff's deputies shot and killed a suspected drug dealer during a shootout this morning. ...more

February 20, 2009

A man posing as a pest control employee has been targeting elderly women and stealing their jewelry. Deputies haven't named a suspect, but they are circulating a rendering of the man, who is Hispanic and in his late 20s. Deputies say he weighs about 160 pounds, has a medium build, dark hair, dark complexion, a possible mustache and is between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall. ...more

February 18, 2009

A man was shot and another was stabbed in what appears to be two unrelated incidents this morning on opposite sides of Inverness. ...more

February 11, 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

The body of a 54-year-old woman was found in a burning Bradenton home when fire crews were battling the blaze this morning, Manatee County deputies say. The woman's name wasn't available. ...more

February 6, 2009

A registered sexual predator attempted to get a 12-year-old girl into his car and exposed himself to her today, Polk County deputies say. ...more

January 30, 2009

A machete-wielding man threatening to kill others and then himself at Lakeland Regional Medical Center on Thursday night was calmed down and placed under arrest by an off-duty Polk County deputy, deputies say. ...more

January 30, 2009