For years, Rosemarie Sherwood acted as a house mother and adviser to abused homeless women, teaching them skills like saving and budgeting money so they could survive on their own. ...more

February 26, 2009

A methamphetamine lab inside a home has been shut down, the Polk County Sheriff's Office says. ...more

February 26, 2009

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 Lakeland man was charged with second degree murder in the stabbing of another man after an argument led to knife play Saturday evening, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 22, 2009

A Winter Haven mental health counselor was arrested today, accused of trying to extort money from one of his clients. ...more

February 16, 2009

The driver in a Winter Haven hit-and-run crash that left a motorcyclist critically injured on Monday was identified and arrested today, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 12, 2009

A Lakeland woman is accused of fracturing the skull of a one-month-old boy, officials said. ...more

January 30, 2009

A Hillsborough County deputy and his wife were arrested, charged with domestic battery, Polk County deputies say. ...more

January 28, 2009

Polk County deputies have released a 911 call made from one of the people who found the body of a Haines City teenager this weekend. ...more

January 21, 2009

Polk County deputies have arrested the husband of the driver they say struck and killed a Haines City teenager Friday night. Rodney Clem Cummings was in the car with his wife, Candy Cummings, when the vehicle struck 17-year-old Samantha Hastings, sending her flying into a barbed wire fence, deputies said. ...more

January 19, 2009