A multi-agency operation in Polk County resulted in the arrest of 255 individuals allegedly involved in human trafficking, prostitution and child sex crimes.

Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. One of the suspects is active-duty military; 13 are veterans; several are in the medical profession. Some were previously arrested by Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

More than 250 people were arrested — including a former NFL linebacker — earlier this month in a multiagency undercover operation to combat human trafficking, the Polk County Sheriff’s ...

Adarius Taylor, a retired NFL linebacker, left his six-year-old child in his car when he walked into the site of the arrests, ...

Sheriff Biggs was widely acclaimed by the people of Polk County as one who would serve any warrant. At the time, sheriffs in Tennessee served two-year terms and could seek three two-year terms before ...

A man wanted for criminal homicide in New Jersey and a home invasion in Northampton County was taken into custody in Polk Township on Thursday. State police said Damian Latrell Bass, 19, was wanted by ...

Monroe County ... in Polk Township. The crash between a truck and an SUV happened just before 4 p.m. at the corner of Route 534 and Upper Middle Creek Road. Yanac said he is waiting to notify next of ...

A man armed with garden shears was fatally shot by Polk County deputies on Monday, minutes after surviving an apparent ...

Officers were called to Bluebird Ave around noon to investigate a murder. Neighbors tell ABC Action News it's usually a quiet area, and they are shocked to see a crime scene. BARTOW, Fla.

COLUMBUS - The former partner of Polk County Sheriff Timothy Wright alleges that he assaulted her husband outside her home May 13. District Court Judge Corey MacKinnon denied a request ...