"Three days before Christmas, this man shot and killed his wife, shot his stepdaughter, and then shot and killed himself," ...

Polk County Sheriff’s deputies now ask everyone they encounter for place of birth, not only those arrested, as had been the ...

Judd said it started when 47-year-old Jason Kenney was drinking and watching a 49ers game Monday night at his Highlands City ...

A driver in central Florida was arrested after deputies recorded a BMW traveling at an extremely high rate of speed on a Polk ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd opened his Wednesday morning briefing with a specific coffee mug and a pointed metaphor for a suspect’s decision-making skills. Holding up a cup from ...

Jason Kenney killed his wife, Crystal Kenney, and shot his 13-year-old stepdaughter twice before killing himself, Polk ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office said an optician's arrest was "crystal clear" after a photo showed him point a gun at a ...

Essie Ward was found unresponsive in her cell at 9:30 a.m. on April 3. But an autopsy found that she had been dead for 18-24 ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd admonished eight visiting juveniles allegedly caught stealing while their hometown media earned its own shame for shielding their identities. (Video Credit: Polk […] ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff's Office is grieving the loss of one of its own deputies who served the agency for nearly 20 years. PCSO announced the passing of 45-year-old Deputy Sheriff ...

Following an internal Polk Sheriff's investigation, four detention deputies resigned in lieu of firing and three supervisors ...