Ex-Teton High School Wrestling Coach and Physical Education Teacher Jeffery Wilkes entered a plea agreement with the Teton County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office on Monday, May 15th, with the intent to
Polk County Sheriff’s Office Press Release On Wednesday, April 12, 2023, Polk County Sheriff’s Office Safe Schools deputies arrested 39-year-old Ivy Mechelle Smith of Lakeland for battery on a school employee (F3), disrupting a school function (M2), and trespassing on school grounds (M2). At around 11:00 a.m., Smith arrived at Medulla Elementary School…
Polk County Sheriff's Office Press Release On Saturday, December 30, 2017, at about 7:54 p.m., Polk County Sheriff's deputies responded to a reported shooting of three people, at a residence on Evans Road, Polk City. Two of those people were deceased when deputies arrived a short time later. Carolyn Stipe…
Polk County Sheriff’s Office Press Release During the evening hours of Saturday, April 1, 2023, 29-year-old Colten McMullen(DOB 8/25/93) of Lakeland was arrested on US Hwy 92 west of Auburndale after hitting two vehicles and a bicyclist, and attempting to flee. The bicyclist is deceased. According to the affidavit, just after 10:00…