The Polk County Sheriff's Office has arrested a Lakeland man, accusing him of stealing church tithes and offerings. Harold Samuel Williams, 28, was held without bail at the Polk County Jail this morning, records show. He is charged with felony robbery and a misdemeanor, disrupting a religious assembly. ...more

November 18, 2008

A missing 66-year-old has been found unharmed and returned to his family. ...more

October 20, 2008

The Polk County Sheriff's Office used the Web site Craigslist to set up a prostitution sting that netted 13 arrests including a Hillsborough County middle school teacher. ...more

October 19, 2008

An investigation into a Polk County marijuana distribution ring has led to 19 arrests, including the arrest of a Lake Wales police officer, Polk County deputies say. ...more

August 14, 2008

An investigation into a Polk marijuana distribution ring has led to several arrests — including a law enforcement officer, who faces corruption charges — according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. ...more

August 13, 2008

During their annual summer conference this week at Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, the 67 Sheriffs of Florida elected Susan Benton to lead the 2009 slate of officers for the 115-year-old organization. ...more

August 2, 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

TAMPA - The state attorney general's newest CyberCrime office opened Wednesday in Tampa, an initiative the agency said will bolster efforts to nab sexual predators online. ...more

July 3, 2008

TAMPA - A man wanted in a May 24 triple slaying at an Auburndale night club was arrested today in Jamaica, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. ...more

June 23, 2008

Adrian Jay Apgar, who deputies say twice in little more than a year had naked encounters with alligators, pleaded not guilty Friday morning in Polk County Circuit Court to exposing himself, trespassing, breach of peace and failure to appear in court. ...more

June 21, 2008