Bartow, Florida - At approximately 1:03pm a text went out advising that local Bartow Schools were being put on lockdown. According to the message reportedly from the Polk County School System the schools were on a heightened security watch....
Bartow, Florida - According to the Florida Highway Patrol an accident has occurred this morning on S.R.60 & just West of 80 Foot Road. The accident actually occurred at 5:50am, but the FHP wasn't called to handle until 6:18am...
Bartow, Florida - On Monday, Sept. 26, at the Burnham-McCall Training Center, eight Polk County Fire Rescue tactical medics partnered to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Special Weapons and Tactics team completed training with three Tampa General Hospital Aeromed...
The Polk County Heart Walk kicks off this Saturday in Bartow.
Participants attend the Polk County Heart Walk to create hope, inspire change and celebrate the lifesaving work of the American Heart Association.
Each year, 1.2 million Americans will suffer a...
Press Release Polk County Sheriff's Department
On Friday, September 16, 2016, PCSO Deputies arrested a Polk County School Board employee for one count Grand Theft (F-3). The suspect,
47-year-old Fontello Joboham of Winter Haven, removed $1,080.00 cash from the victim's purse...
Bartow, Florida - According to reports an incident involving Peter Dumais, of Bartow, occurred at The Good Life RV Resort on August 2, 2016 at around 6:30pm. Dumais went to the community pool at The Good Life RV Resort...
Lake Wales. Florida - On 09/03/2016 the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and P.C.E.M.S. received a call in reference to an unresponsive male inside his vehicle at the Lake Wales Mud Hole.
P.C.E.M.S. arrived on scene and determined the male subject,...
UPDATE: PCSO has recovered Austin Welch's body in the Peace River. He was trapped by debris near where he was last seen by his mother, not far away from where he went under (a couple hundred yards from the...
From The State Attorney's Office
Gary Carroll said there were a number of reasons he didn’t stop after striking and killing someone with his vehicle on the way home from a party.
In addition to claiming he hit an animal, to...
Frostproof, Florida - According to Polk County Sheriff's Office documents John Liddell 19 (of Fairview Ave. in Bartow) was arrested this past week and charged with Lewd Battery. According to the arrest affidavit Liddell allegedly met what he thought...
