Brandon man pushed his luck on lottery ticket thefts and lost

Sales clerks are getting arrested for selling alcoholic beverages to customers under 21.

Polk County Sheriff's undercover detectives conducted an investigation into those who possess and op...

On August 30, 2025, deputies with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 38-year-old Josue Castan...

PCSO adds more crimes to brothers' already lengthy criminal histories

OPERATION POP-TOP: 9 stores checked; 2 failed.

Unsafe gun owner caused a panic among neighbors near Lake Wales

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 24-year-old Aliya Cruz of West Highland Street, Lakeland, ...

Illegal immigrant arrested for house squatting, utility theft, and drug possession

Detectives from the PCSO Tactical Drug Unit, Organized Crime Unit, and the High Intensity Drug Traff...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 29-year-old Artavis Pierce of Lakeland for battery domesti...

Clerk sold alcohol to a 17-year old

No injuries or damages from random gunfire by Tadeuzs Jeffrey Chandler

On Saturday evening, August 16, 2025, Polk County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Nicaraguan man who i...

Out of prison for only two months, now back behind bars again for burglary

Drug dealer indicted for murder by selling cocaine to woman who died from it

On Thursday, August 14, 2025, the Polk County Sheriff's Office apprehended Angel Gonzalez-Morales, D...

Couple tried to pass off old damage as new, get arrested for false report of a crash

Driving double the speed limit plus 10 on State Road 60

Busted going 52mph over the speed limit. PCSO also got him in 2022 doing 105mph.