Heavy on direct and light on metaphors means two years in state prison for a man who recorded a rap song in which he threatened to kill two police officers. ...more

July 30, 2009

A man suspected in a shooting in Fort Meade early this morning has been released on his own recognizance while authorities figure out whether he should be charged with a crime, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. ...more

July 19, 2009

Polk County sheriff's deputies reported Saturday that they found a homemade bomb, a 12-foot boa constrictor and a variety of guns when they broke up a north Lakeland methamphetamine lab on Friday. ...more

June 28, 2009

Polk County detectives arrested a state Department of Corrections correctional officer Monday after she tried buying prescription narcotics from an undercover detective, deputies say. Deborah Frisina, 51, works at the Zephyrhills Correctional Institution. ...more

June 23, 2009

Pills, phony bills and bogus prescriptions were found today in the pockets of a Lakeland man accused of counterfeiting U.S. currency, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 11, 2009

Polk deputies are looking for the driver of a pickup truck that hit a man as he was crossing the street with his son and two others early Sunday morning. ...more

June 8, 2009

After a search that lasted more than five hours, authorities found a Polk County fisherman who had a seizure on Sunday afternoon, fell into about 15 feet of water and apparently drowned. ...more

June 7, 2009

One of six suspects sought in an anti-child pornography operation has surrendered to Polk County deputies, sheriff's officials said today. ...more

May 29, 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

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a man whose body was found in Saddle Creek Lake today, along with a single-person canoe. ...more

May 23, 2009