Bartow Officer Placed on Leave, To Be Investigated for Calling Obama "Gorilla" In Online Post BARTOW - A Police officer is on paid leave and has been removed as a future witness by the state attorney in response to her post on Facebook last November referring to Pres. Obama as…
PLEA AGREEMENT: Mulberry man sentenced to 18 years in prison for possession of child pornography State Attorney's Office Release: Calvin Barnes pled guilty to 50 counts of enhanced possession of child pornography Tuesday and was sentenced to 18 years in prison, followed by 15 years of sex offender probation. Barnes,…
160 people were arrested by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Vice Unit during a seven-day undercover human trafficking operation, “Fall Haul 2,” which began on Monday, August 29, 2022. PCSO was assisted in the effort by police departments from Winter Haven, Haines City, Lake Wales, Davenport, and Bartow, as well…
A 29-year-old man from Lake Wales, Florida, was indicted for first degree murder after authorities say he sold fentanly-laced heroin to a man who overdosed.
(The Center Square) – A multiagency operation led to the arrest of more than 200 people allegedly engaging in human trafficking in Polk County, Florida. More than half of the