On Thursday, December 28, 2023, the Polk County Sheriff's Office responded to a home on Pope Lane off of Bethlehem Road in unincorporated southwest Polk County regarding a well-being check of an elderly woman. When deputies arrived on-scene they detected a strong odor of ammonia around and inside the home,…
Polk County deputies arrested a woman Thursday after a wellbeing check uncovered a serious case of neglect of an 82-year-old disabled woman and numerous animals, the sheriff's office said.