On Thursday, June 24, 2021, PCSO Agricultural Crimes detectives arrested and charged 52-year-old Dashong Bonner of Bartow with two counts felony animal cruelty (F3) and one count misdemeanor animal cruelty (M1) after an investigation into the severe neglect of dogs at...
Bartow Celebrates Return of Juneteenth Celebration
by James Coulter
Members of the African American community in Bartow gathered together to welcome the return of their Juneteenth Celebration last weekend.
Several local vendors and food trucks set up underneath the Polk Street Overpass...
Bartow, Haines City, Winter Haven Celebrating Juneteenth
by James Coulter
On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, officially abolishing slavery and freeing more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans. Two years later, on June 19, 1865, Union...
Polk County Sheriff's Office investigating murder in unincorporated Bartow; suspect arrested
The Polk County Sheriff's Office is conducting a homicide investigation in the area of Transport Road and Spruce Road in unincorporated Bartow. Deputies responded to that area Friday morning,...
Local Firehouse Subs franchisee Bobby Sahgal owns both restaurants in Bartow and Winter Haven alongside his son Abhay, who serves as the General Manager. The father and son duo have just as a strong working and personal bond outside of...
PCSO Homicide
detectives have arrested two 16-year-old suspects in the homicide of
17-year-old Taigur Taguri – both suspects have been charged with first degree
murder, along with other felonies. At least two other suspects are still at
large.
Based upon interviews
with witnesses, suspects, and...
Detectives have arrested two 16-year-old suspects in the homicide of Taigur Taguri. Both were located yesterday at a home on Gause Street in Bartow near the park where the homicide occurred. Both are being charged with first degree murder....
Sheriff Grady Judd briefed the media this morning from
the scene of a homicide investigation. Here are some preliminary details:
Around 9:40 p.m. last evening (Monday, June 7, 2021) the
PCSO Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call from Gordon Heights
Park near...
Homicide detectives
from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office have charged an inmate at the Polk County
Jail for the murder of another inmate.
36-year-old John
Smith, who remains in the jail, was charged Tuesday, May 25, 2021 with 1st Degree Murder. Detectives determined...
County Road 640 Reopens following Brush
Fire
Bartow,
Fla. (May 19, 2021) —
County
Road 640 between Bonnie Mine Road and County Road 555 has reopened following a
brush fire that occurred Tuesday afternoon.
The
fire, which occurred south of Bartow, began about 4 p.m. Tuesday. Drivers...
