POLK COUNTY, Fla. (CW44 News 10 a.m.) – Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a shooting Sunday night, Jan. 16, in which they found a man who was shot and killed in his backyard. The suspect involved in the shooting turned the gun on … Read More

(Photo by Jessica Rinaldi for The Boston Globe via Getty Images) POLK COUNTY, Florida (CW44 News 10 p.m.) – Approx. 14.30 on Wednesday 12 January 2022, a 2-seaplane (1946 Yellow Piper J3C-65 SN: 16133, N88509) attempted to land on Lake Smart. Shortly after the pontoons … Read More

Sergio Ramirez Padilla POLK COUNTY, Fla. (CW44 News at 10) – Traffic homicide detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested an Auburndale man on Friday, December 31, 2021, following the conclusion of their fatal accident investigation, which began nearly five months earlier. The 26-year-old … Read More

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (CW44 News At 10) -Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives are looking for a suspect who forced himself into a family in Lakeland and stole Christmas presents and other items. According to the initial investigation, the victim left his home early Monday, December … Read More

POLK COUNTY, Florida (CW44 News At 10) 23-year-old Cameron Peterson of Mulberry was charged with driving under the influence and reckless driving yesterday, Nov. 23, and was enrolled in Polk County Jail. A PCSO deputy observed Peterson passing his marked patrol car driving a silver-colored … Read More

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (CW44 News At 10) – The woman who threatened a patrol sergeant at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office on Nov. 11 and who was shot and killed as she advanced toward the sergeant with a shovel was 24-year-old Jessiram Hweih Rivera of … Read More

Nelson Carpio Garcia POLK COUNTY, Florida (CW44 News At 10) – 22-year-old Nelson Carpio Garcia, who is illegally in the country, was arrested by PCSO deputies on Saturday, October 30, 2021 and charged with attempted first-degree murder after Garcia stabbed a colleague with a box … Read More

Josiah Perry POLK COUNTY, Florida (CW44 News 10 a.m.) – A deputy at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office was arrested for driving while under the influence Saturday night, October 30, 2021 and is no longer employed by the agency – he resigned after that he … Read More

POLK COUNTY, Florida (CW44 News At 10) – On Saturday, October 23, 2021, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 32-year-old Ernesto Lopez Morales here illegally from Guatemala following a hit-and-run accident in which a 5-year-old was killed. – old child. According to evidence and testimony, … Read More