Lakeland FL

The event, organized by the East Hillsborough Law Enforcement Appreciation Association, honors those who protect and serve the community. The TECO Expo Hall at the Florida Strawberry Festival was the safest place in town the evening of Tuesday, May 13 as hundreds of law enforcement officers from the Plant City Police...

Polk County investigators believe arson may have played a role in an early morning house fire that spread to a nearby vehicle.

LAKE WALES, Fla. - A 19-year-old woman is accused of racing another vehicle in Polk County at speeds of more than 100 mph. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy was conducting traffic enforcement on US 27 near the Peace Creek RV Resort, east of Winter Haven, when he noticed a pair of vehicles coming...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A 61-year-old man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Wednesday morning in Polk County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the crash happened around 6:13 a.m. on Old Polk City Road, near County Road 557. According to the FHP, a Ford F-150...

FOX 13's Carla Bayron shares what Sheriff Grady Judd had to say about the arrests made and a motivational speaker for troubled youth explained that teens don't need to turn to illegal activity for money.

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) detectives are asking for the community’s assistance in locating 34-year-old Stephen Shearl. He is currently wanted on charges of Burglary of an Occupied Dwelling with Assault/Battery and Domestic Violence Battery. Authorities are urging anyone...

HCSO identified and arrested teen who left notes. On May 12, HCSO arrested a 13-year-old student at Marshall Middle Magnet School for leaving handwritten notes in the school bathroom threatening a mass shooting. HCSO’s School Threat Assessment and Response Team quickly responded, and took the student into custody. At...

A Polk County deputy is being praised after saving two people from a burning home on May 9.

A 53-year-old Davenport man was arrested following a knife-point robbery at a local vape shop after deputies matched him to the suspect using clothing descriptions and surveillance evidence. On Monday, May 12, 2025, at approximately 6:03 p.m., Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a robbery call at the...

Winter Haven officials celebrated the grand opening of Lake Conine Nature Park on May 13, a project that's been more than 15 years in the making. The roughly 32-acre park, with main parking lot off Lucerne Park Road, was purchased by the city back in June 2010 for approximately $12,000. The objective was to restore...