Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred yesterday, Tuesday July 14, 2020 at some time around 4:30 p.m.
Deputies responded to the Bartow Regional Medical Center to a report of a deceased gunshot victim....
6-year-old boy dies following two-vehicle crash near Lakeland
A 6-year-old boy died Tuesday morning, June 16, 2020, following a two-vehicle crash in the Highland City area of Lakeland.
Deputies from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the crash between...
Detectives from the PCSO Organized Crime Unit and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force (HIDTA) worked together in an investigation - Operation Hot Wire - that began in September 2019 focusing on the distribution of illegal drugs...
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,...
Polk County Sheriff’s Office Press Release
On Thursday, August 14, 2025, the Polk County Sheriff's Office apprehended Angel Gonzalez-Morales, DOB 3/15/1996, in...
