Polk Sheriff Grady Judd said the suspect smashed one of the deputies in the head, splitting his head open, while they were ...

A Polk County deputy is recovering and a man is dead after deputies shot him in Frostproof. Sheriff Grady Judd said deputies ...

One person was killed, and a deputy was severely injured, in a deputy-involved shooting on Friday in Polk County, officials say.

Investigators said the teen suspect admitted to owning the gun, ordering the switch online, and installing it himself. They also said he told detectives when shooting it he "felt like Superman." ...

(WFLA) — Two masked men who were caught pulling on car door handles early Tuesday morning have been connected to nearly two dozen previously reported burglaries, the Polk County Sheriff’s ...

LAKELAND, FLORIDA — A career criminal somehow survived an alligator attack, then died in a hail of bullets by deputies shortly after he charged them with garden shears, according to multiple reports.

A man appeared to have survived an alligator attack while swimming across a lake, then he charged deputies with a pair of ...

Adarius Taylor — who played for Tampa Bay, Carolina and Cleveland — was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges ...

The former cop was found driving with a blood alcohol content of more than twice the legal limit, officials said.