THE POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS IT TARGETS ... THINGS LIKE THE NAME OF THE INMATE AND THEIR CHARGES. THE SCAMMER THEN TRIES TO CALL ANYONE WITH THAT LAST NAME IN THE AREA TO SEE IF THEY ...

Lt. Mark Chance says there have been reports about criminal callers using public information to scam the families of jail ...

A Florida man is suing the Polk County Sheriff’s Office claiming jail ... ‘Rigor mortis had set up’: Jailers waited several ...

A judge paused T.J. Wiggins' federal trial so his Polk County death penalty trial on triple-murder charges can proceed.

The programs could eventually lower the inmate population ... as did Polk County developer Albert Cassidy and Carol J. and ...

A Lake Wales man was arrested Tuesday in connection to a fatal crash that happened in Winter Haven in January.

A pregnant Bay County Jail inmate died on April 4 after experiencing a medical episode. Jail staff initiated CPR within ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd wants to speed up the removal of undocumented immigrants in Florida. The sheriff is on the state's new Immigration Enforcement Board. The group wants President Donald ...