Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier joined Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd at a news conference to discuss the two ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office recently settled a lawsuit over the death of Shaun Seaman, who was killed by a violent inmate while being held overnight.

Earlier this year, a woman died in a cell in the Central Polk County Jail, and detention deputies did not realize she was dead for at least 18 hours, a report found. Following an internal ...

Four Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies resigned in lieu of termination, and three supervisors were suspended without pay following the death of 55-year-old Essie Ward, whose body went unnoticed in ...

Man sentenced to death for murders of Lakeland city commissioner, her husband in 2020 The man convicted of killing a former Lakeland city commissioner and her husband was sentenced to death Monday in ...

Pace was arrested in 2023, charged with death by distribution. He was sentenced Jan. 20 to between around 9 to 12 years in prison. A South Carolina man has pleaded guilty to a 2022 Saluda drug death.