Charges against a Lakeland man are expected to be upgraded to first-degree murder after a man he is accused of setting on fire died Saturday, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 15, 2008

A Lakeland man will be charged with first degree murder later today after the man he torched died early this morning, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. ...more

June 14, 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

TAMPA - A former Auburndale police officer was accused by detectives today of meeting a 15-year-old girl online and soliciting her for sex, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. Jerad Moxley, 25, of 340 W. Assembly St., Eagle Lake, was charged with solicitation of a minor via the Internet. ...more

June 11, 2008

Mulberry police charged a man with felony arson and felony aggravated assault, saying he used an aerosol can as a makeshift flamethrower. ...more

June 10, 2008

TAMPA - A three-month investigation into a southeast Polk County copper wire theft trend led to the arrest of two brothers from Kissimmee, deputies announced today. ...more

June 10, 2008

TAMPA - A Polk County principal months ago warned a teacher now accused of having sex with at least four underage boys to stop the "hugs, tickles and flirtatious non-school related conversations" with male students, records show. ...more

June 6, 2008

TAMPA - A West Palm Beach attorney says she is representing three boys who accused a Polk County schoolteacher of having sex with them. ...more

June 6, 2008

HAINES CITY - Thanks in part to some attentive citizens, Haines City police say they've arrested an Orlando man responsible for up to 10 bank robberies across Central Florida. For now, Christopher Eugene Floyd, 29, has been charged in one Haines City robbery and two Lake County robberies. But he's a suspect in 10 robberies, stretching from Melbourne to Lakeland, starting in late March. ...more

May 29, 2008

LAKELAND - A man accused of trying to kill a police officer Thursday turned himself in to authorities tonight, Lakeland police said. ...more

May 27, 2008