A Polk County man was fatally shot by deputies after making threats to kill himself and his wife on her birthday, according to Sheriff Grady Judd.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday will detail a human trafficking investigation that resulted in 157 arrests.

A Polk County deputy resigned after he was accused of exposing himself at a Davenport apartment complex, according to a news release.

A teenager who is accused of stabbing his mother to death in Florida was freed last year after charges were dropped in the fatal shooting of his father in Oklahoma.

A 17-year-old boy is accused of stabbing and killing his mother months after he shot and killed his father, according to the Polk County sheriff.

A Polk County man was shot and killed by one of his neighbors on Tuesday morning, according to a news release.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd held a news conference on Thursday to discuss the arrest of an attorney who’s accused of grand theft.

A search is underway on a Polk County lake after crews responded to a potential drowning call on Sunday afternoon.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has distanced himself from a controversial state-level proposal to make such changes to some state parks as adding golf, pickleball and lodging.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd held a news conference Friday morning to discuss the arrests of three people accused of operating a “mobile marijuana dispensary.”

Officials said all of the suspects were in the U.S. illegally, targeting homes that belonged to small business owners.

A confrontation between a suspect and a Polk County deputy ended in the suspect’s death and left the deputy in the hospital, according to Sheriff Grady Judd.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd held a news conference to discuss “Operation Rooske,” a three-year investigation into a Lakeland-based drug ring that recently culminated with its leading members named among 64 arrests.

A Lake Wales woman was arrested after running over a man, who was carrying a baby, with her car during an argument, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Everett admitted to drinking around three “coffee mugs of whiskey” the night prior, according to the sheriff's office.

A Bartow police officer was arrested this week, accused of having an inappropriate relationship with at least two underage girls.

A man and woman were killed Wednesday morning in a fiery crash involving a semi-truck and box truck, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

A 17-year-old boy who allegedly reached for a gun in a stolen vehicle Friday night is in critical condition after being shot by a Haines City police officer, according to the city’s police chief and Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.

A 36-year-old mother was arrested in the death of her 4-year-old child, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

A former Lake Alfred city commissioner was arrested on over 2,800 counts of child pornography.

A man killed Saturday in a shootout with Polk County sheriff's deputies was identified as a member of the sovereign citizen movement by Sheriff Grady Judd.

Sheriff Grady Judd held a news conference on afternoon to discuss a weekend shooting in which a “sovereign citizen” shot two deputies and then was killed when backup deputies returned fire.

Two Polk County deputies are in the ICU after being shot early Saturday by a man who Sheriff Grady Judd said was a sovereign citizen that was killed when backup deputies returned fire.

According to the sheriff’s office, the investigation involved a trafficking ring bringing fentanyl from Mexico into Polk County and other parts of Florida.

A pre-med student at the University of Florida is accused of stabbing his mother to death on Saturday afternoon, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference Friday morning at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Among those arrested were coaches, military servicemembers and a school teacher, along with several other professions, deputies announced.

A man who had been featured on “America’s Most Wanted” was arrested in Polk County, according to the sheriff.

Winter Park police on Tuesday captured a man accused of killing someone last week in Poinciana, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

A wanted man out of Polk County was taken into custody on Tuesday following a fatal shooting out of Poinciana last week, according to the sheriff’s office.

While they were searching, detectives spotted Martinez “casually walking” on a sidewalk north of Eagle Lake, Judd explained.

As part of the case, the sheriff’s office began searching for Hernandez’s vehicle, and it was ultimately determined that she had been murdered, Judd said.

Nearly a dozen people were arrested as part of a multi-agency investigation into two separate drug trafficking organizations, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

In a release, deputies said that the animal cruelty investigation involved a mobile home in Frostproof.

According to the sheriff, Cruz started hitting MacDonald with an apparent firearm, which later turned out to be a fake gun made from a screwdriver and a piece of wood.

Daquan Carey faces a charge of attempted murder after deputies said he shot at the man who stabbed his friend in a Publix last month.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd held a news conference Thursday afternoon to discuss the arrest of a private school teacher accused of illegal conduct with a 15-year-old girl.

A substitute teacher at a Polk County charter school is accused of using Snapchat to send explicit videos of himself to two teen students.

A fatal crash closes US 17-92 in Polk County.

A carjacking in Duval County leads to a high-speed chase and ends with the driver dead.

The lawsuit claims that during a 2020 child pornography investigation, a Polk County man was falsely arrested after asking to speak to a lawyer.

The son of a Polk County pastor was found dead and his killer was arrested, but detectives are working to figure out the motive.

Taquion Cotton put a woman into a chokehold while fleeing from investigators, prompting Cotton's mother to come to the woman's aid, according to the sheriff's office.

An arrest has been made in a deadly road rage shooting on an I-4 off-ramp that killed an Altamonte Springs man, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Polk County sheriff’s detectives say they have figured out who killed a 29-year-old Lakeland woman in 1986.

Officials say a Florida death row inmate convicted of killing a deputy and two other people more than 40 years ago has died in prison.

After Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd called for the arrest of a driver who struck and killed a 9-year-old boy on Friday, the suspect reportedly turned himself over that night.

A Florida teacher and Disney employees are among 219 people arrested in a human trafficking sting by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

He had been driving near the Winter Haven airport when he lost control of the motorcycle, causing both himself and a woman to be ejected, deputies said.

Four people were arrested after a 15-year-old boy was found dead in a Polk County driveway last week, according to sheriff’s officials, in a case involving drugs and an illegal gun sale.

A now-former high school track coach in Polk County with an alleged history of attempts to sexually batter his students was arrested Thursday in what Sheriff Grady Judd called a remarkably disturbing case.

One person was killed and two others were injured in a three-vehicle crash in Polk City, according to the sheriff.

A man with a knife who allegedly jumped from bushes at law enforcement in an Auburndale neighborhood Tuesday evening was shot and killed by two officers and a Polk County deputy, according to Sheriff Grady Judd.

Hurricane Lee is causing dangerous rip currents along the east coast and officials in Volusia County say at least one person has drowned.

A 15-year-old boy was found dead early Tuesday in a Polk County driveway, according to the sheriff.

A Melbourne man was killed in a hit-and-run crash Monday morning while he was attempting to help the victims of another wreck in Polk County, according to Sheriff Grady Judd.

A man was killed and a woman was injured in a shooting at an Airbnb rental in Polk County, according to sheriff’s officials.

A man is accused of using a power tool to kill his 16-year-old son, and Polk County deputies are working to figure out why.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and Bartow Police Chief Andy Ray are holding a news conference at 6:15 p.m.

A Polk County mother killed her two children and herself in an apparent murder-suicide, according to deputies.

A woman and her son died in a crash in Lakeland, deputies say.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is expected to speak at 1:30 p.m. regarding the death of an 18-month-old toddler.

Police in Florida say two people were killed in separate incidents involving law enforcement officers.

For the second time this year, a rabies case has been confirmed in Polk County.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrests of eight men in the agency’s latest child pornography investigation.

A man and woman in Polk County were arrested earlier this month after their 3-year-old child was found in “bone-chilling” condition, according to the sheriff’s office.

Officials say a 13-year-old exchanged gunfire with police after a chase through a Florida neighborhood and was taken to the hospital after being shot at himself.

Two people were killed and several others were hurt in a crash in Polk County, officials say.

Two people were arrested after a man was fatally shot in March while riding a dirt bike one of the suspects paid for and decided not to buy, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said at a Tuesday news briefing.

Two men were found dead in a Lake Wales home after a hostage situation, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

A man riding a dirt bike in Polk County was shot and killed, according to sheriff's officials.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd on Sunday held a news conference to provide new details in the search for two men who went missing on Lake Eloise the day prior and are presumed dead, as well as the circumstances that led to their disappearance.

Four people died after two small planes collided in the air Tuesday and crashed into Lake Hartridge in Winter Haven, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd held a news conference Thursday morning concerning the arrest of a 19-year-old man in a fatal gang-related shooting that occurred last year in Lakeland.

A person was killed and two others were injured in a shooting in Polk County Thursday, according to the sheriff’s office.

A teacher’s assistant at a Polk County Christian school was arrested after allegedly assaulting a student last week.

Officials of all levels of government gathered Wednesday in Polk County to announce federal charges related to a drive-by shooting that injured 11 people late last month in Lakeland.

A man suspected in a mass shooting in central Florida was fatally shot by a police officer following a long chase and a carjacking.

A man who died after being shot by police in Polk County on Monday is believed to be involved in a drive-by shooting that injured 11 last week, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Polk County deputies responding early Saturday to a report of a crying baby near Mulberry found an abandoned newborn who medics estimated to be just an hour old, according to a news release.

Suspects drove stolen SUV, rammed Polk vehicle, sheriff’s office says

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd on Wednesday held a news conference to wish a happy New Year to listeners and “a sad New Year for some shooting suspects,” referencing two drive-by shootings reported in his jurisdiction since 2023 began, as well as a burglary involving a man who Judd described as “the dumbest person on the face of the Earth.”

Two business partners are dead after a dispute led to the men shooting each other, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

A 43-year-old man from Lakeland died Saturday after he was struck while walking along U.S. Route 98 in a hit-and-run crash, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.

A fatal crash involving a car and a motorcycle Saturday morning forced the closure of a stretch of State Road 60 near Lake Wales, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.

A 30-year old Lakeland man faces multiple charges after he attempted to start a house fire in Lakeland and then led deputies on a chase that made its way onto Interstate 4, closing parts of the highway on Sunday, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.

In its largest fentanyl seizure, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said it confiscated enough fentanyl that could kill 2.7 million people.

New video released by the Polk County Sheriff's Office shows the moments leading to a man shooting a deputy.

A man was arrested after shooting a Polk County deputy in the chest in Davenport, according to the sheriff's office.

A memorial service is being held for a Polk County deputy who was fatally shot while serving a warrant.

A 21-year-old deputy was fatally struck by a bullet fired by fellow deputies while serving a felony warrant, according to the Polk County sheriff.

A recent seven-day, multi-agency undercover investigation involving the Polk County Sheriff’s Office resulted in 160 arrests, Sheriff Grady Judd says.

A deputy police chief from the Cartersville Police Department in Georgia was arrested in Polk County for soliciting a prostitute, according to investigators.

Days away from the primary election in Florida, and many candidates are turning to members of law enforcement to help turn out the vote.

A multi-agency investigation uncovered an international smuggling operation out of Winter Haven that brought drugs into Central Florida, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies are looking for a hit-and-run driver after a crash Sunday night seriously injured a 67-year-old motorcyclist in Winter Haven.

A civilian budget analyst for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was arrested after committing retail theft at a Walmart on Wednesday, according to Polk County deputies.

Maybe Florida Man has finally met his match.

Maybe Florida Man has finally met his match.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced the arrests of 12 men accused of soliciting children online for sex, including a Disney employee and a man who rode his bike 10 miles in an attempt to meet a child.