Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
From Thursday, August 12, through Sunday, August 15, 2010, a total of 15 adult men were arrested and charged with traveling to meet a minor for sex (or related crimes) during an extensive undercover operation conducted by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, working in conjunction with members of the Tenth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office, [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Polk County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking information about a business burglary that occurred at Grove Equipment located at 5905 SR 60 in Bartow. Sometime between the hours of 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 14, and 7:40 a.m. on Monday, August 16, 2010, unknown suspect(s) cut the lock on the gate at the fence to the [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Bartow, Florida — A photo on a suspect’s cell phone showing him holding a large amount of cash led to the arrest today of a man charged in last Friday’s robbery of the Platinum Bank on South Florida Avenue in Lakeland. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested Carlos Mitchell, 25, of Lakeland and booked him [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Polk County Sheriff’s Special Victims Detectives arrested a Lakeland man today who is currently enrolled in ministry school and is a youthprogram coordinator at the Church of Christ located at 1807 South Florida Avenue in Lakeland for 3 counts Lewd Molestation on two different female victims. According to the affidavit (see attached) 45-year-old Michael Winborn, [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Detectives say key members of a massive drug trafficking operation used a Polk County sheriff’s deputy to look up vehicle tag information for a car they suspected belonged to an undercover detective. Deputy Joe Murphy, 41, was arrested Friday on a charge of accessing a computer without authority, a third-degree felony. The 16-year veteran of [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
A man riding a bicycle on Combee Road was beaten by three teenagers and died Saturday night, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said. Three teens have been arrested including one who surrendered at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday night. The name of the man who was killed has not been released while authorities [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Polk County Sheriff’s Robbery detectives are seeking information about an armed personal robbery in which a victim was shot. Between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 28, 2010, the victim was standing at a Lynx bus stop near the 9600 block of US Hwy 192 in Davenport when he was approached by two possibly [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Friday, March 26, 2010, members of the Edwards family, who live in the United Kingdom but own a vacation home located at 1009 Tuscan Hills Blvd. in Davenport, were playing in and around the pool at their Davenport home. Martin Edwards (the father) and his three sons were all in the pool area just before [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
THE LEDGER FROSTPROOF | Video screens will soon replace the quarter-inch thick sheets of scratched plexiglass and scratchy-sounding phones separating visitors from inmates at the South County Jail. When the construction of new buildings and renovations to the existing jail are complete, sheriff’s officials say inmates will no longer meet their visitors in person. Instead, [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
There are two great reasons to ride your motorcycle this spring. If you own a motorcycle and want to pay tribute to a fallen hero, you can join in on one of two motorcycle rides traveling through Polk County this March and May. First, the “9463 Foundation For Florida’s Fallen Officers” will launch their state [...]
