Young missing from Polk County found safe and sound Girls and car they were sitting in have been found Updated: 15.42 EST November 26, 2021 The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said three runaway girls and the car they were in were found Friday afternoon. Earlier … Read More

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (CW44 News At 10) – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the murder of an elderly Polk City woman and is looking for the man responsible for her death. Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for 39-year-old Aroldo Enrique Paz, for first-degree … Read More

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (CW44 News At 10)–On Friday, September 24, 2021, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office concluded a month-long undercover investigation to identify suspects who possess and share child pornography. The operation, called “Operation Guardians of Innocence VII,” was carried out by undercover detectives from PCSO’s … Read More

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (CW44 News At 10) -On October 1, 2021, the Polk County Sheriff’s deputies arrested three teenage brothers: 14-year-old Adarius Valdez from Wauchula, 15-year-old Hasachi Thompson from Bartow and 18-year-old Malachi Thompson from Bartow for several car burglaries in non- incorporated Lakeland, where … Read More

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (CW44 News At 10) – Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 47-year-old man after an investigation revealed he had posed as a 17-year-old boy while calling for nude photos of a local 14-year-old girl Timothy Jacobs of Lakeland was charged on Thursday, … Read More

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (CW44 News At 10) -Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 37-year-old Jason Robinson on Saturday, September 25, 2021, accusing him of first-degree murder for his girlfriend’s death. Robinson received six other criminal charges at the time he was booked in. Jason Robinson Around … Read More

HAINES CITY, Fla. (CW44 News At 10) -A Polk County School cafeteria employee was arrested Friday, Sept. 24 after stabbing her boyfriend to death late Thursday night. Rose Marie Hernandez-Rosa, 38, is charged with second-degree murder and tampering with evidence. She is a cafeteria worker … Read More

A former Marine sniper who told authorities he was high on methamphetamine when he invaded a home in Florida and fatally shot a mother, her 3-month-old baby and two others was ordered detained without bond during his first court hearing Monday. Bryan Riley, 33, also … Read More