Polk County, Florida, continues to be one of the worst offenders for sham efforts to combat human trafficking.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Deputies with the Polk County Sheriff's Office arrested 157 people after "Operation Autumn Sweep," a five-day-long undercover investigation that began on Oct. 2. In a news ...

A Fort Meade man learned the hard way that playing hide-and-seek with the Polk County Sheriff's Office is not a winning game, ...

And it's included among 51 Florida ... See a map showing the Public Works Backlot's location. Residents are asked to bring their own shovel, as this is a self-service station. Polk County ...

Homeless sweeps can get a lot of attention when they take place, but a new study now finds that they may not have much of an impact on crime rates ... on an Arapahoe County family's doorstep ...

A Polk County teen has been indicted for first-degree ... repeatedly pleading with her son to let her go. In a video, Florida State Attorney Brian Haas explained his decision to charge Griffith ...

In 1928, Zora Neale Hurston traveled to Polk County, Florida to collect folklore ... or simply not having a job — the so-called crime of vagrancy. If a man couldn’t pay, his fine could ...

A hurricane watch was in effect for a massive swath of Florida's Gulf ... “Right now for Polk County, we're right on the bubble,” he said, referring to the forecast map’s cone of uncertainty.

A tornado warning was issued for Polk County at 6:48 p.m. The National Weather ... issued for Polk through 8 p.m. Thursday, and most of Florida's peninsula. Because of Helene's large size ...

Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister stated that "there is no place for vehicle theft in Florida." "These individuals not only conspired to commit a continuous pattern of crime but were ...