Polk County Sheriff's Office

Authorities say a third victim has died following a violent attack where an angry electrician wielding a knife and baseball bat killed three co-workers and injured another at the Florida home they shared.

Three friends were slain in Florida moments after getting together to do some night fishing at a lake

Searchers have found a Fort Worth man who went missing last weekend while hiking alone in a remote area of Arkansas.

Authorities say an Uber driver claimed self-defense after he fatally shot a man during an altercation in central Florida early Tuesday morning.

A Florida woman was arrested Thursday for allegedly riding a horse while intoxicated, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Donna Byrne, 53, was charged with a DUI and animal neglect for putting the horse in danger of being injured or killed, the department said. According to officers, she smelled of alcohol, had watery, red eyes and was staggering while...

Six convicts in Polk County, Georgia, had their sentences shortened Thursday after saving a guard who collapsed on duty, NBC News reported. When the officer, who wished to remain anonymous, collapsed during a work detail at a local cemetery, the inmates took off his bulletproof vest to help him cool off and used his phone to call 911, the Polk...

Investigators say a man who was wearing baggy blue jeans managed to stuff 15 quart-sized bottles of Pennzoil motor oil and 30 DVDs down his pants before walking out of a 7-Eleven store in Lakeland, Florida, last week. Unfortunately for the thief, a Polk County sheriff’s detective happened to be parked outside and saw the whole thing happen.

A large, black-and-white checkered statue of a swan that was stolen in Florida by a naked man has been found. The Polk County Sheriff’s office says the statue was found by a 32-year-old man who was fishing on a pond in Lakeland. The man returned home from fishing Thursday and told his family about the statue. When they saw the...

Polk County deputies are taking care of nearly 200 farm animals, including more than 100 pigs, they say had been living in deplorable conditions at a rescue ranch in Polk City.

Three children died and seven people were injured in a car crash in Polk County.

Authorities say a man faked a heart attack inside a central Florida Wal-Mart store so his friend could steal toys.