UPDATE: Traffic Homicide Investigation 12/21/2019- Bartow, Florida.
On 12/21/19 at approximately 9:31 PM, a vehicle driven by Dallas Droz, W/M 12/4/96 of Bartow, was traveling west on State Road 60 approaching the intersection at Richland Road. Another vehicle, driven by...
PCSO Press Release
On 04/30/2020, at approximately 11:58 pm, the Emergency Communications Center (ECC) dispatched deputies regarding a single-vehicle (2009, Blue Honda Civic 4-Door) crash with injuries on Ewell Road near Pinewood Village Circle East, Lakeland. Upon the arrival of...
Miami Woman Killed in Fatal Crash Near Bartow
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fatal crash near
Bartow Monday evening, April 13, 2020, in which one adult woman was killed.
The victim was identified as 27-year-old Ashley Scurry of Miami
Beach....
The state has seen a 53% increase in COVID-19 deaths. So far there are no confirmed deaths in Polk.
Polk Cases for COVID-19 have increased 15% since Friday. While the Polk County area is not a hot...
Bartow Police Department Press Release
On 03/15/2020 at about 11:03am, a traffic crash was reported at the intersection of US Hwy 98 N at Lyle Parkway. Units responded to the area, and located Jennifer Vargas, 30 years of age,...
His Paintings Are Created "Like A Dream", And They Won HimBest In Show At Bloomin Art Festival
by James Coulter
An old man drums upon a set of plastic containers, while a young boy behind him plays a drum. Behind them...
PRESS RELEASEBARTOW POLICE DEPARTMENT02/28/2020
The Bartow Police Department is currently working a reported suspicious incident in the area of Clower Street and Woodlawn Avenue. At approximately 1:40 PM today, a middle school student reported he was riding his bicycle home...
Lakeland Pedestrian Killed After Walking Out In Front Of a PCSO Patrol Car
PCSO Press Release:
A Lakeland man was killed Tuesday night, February 25, 2020, after he ran into a Bartow roadway, in the path of an oncoming Polk County...
