The arrest happened just after midnight on Sunday, deputies said. A deputy sheriff reportedly spotted Pereira riding in a car ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed with the sheriff's office said Pereira is in the country illegally from ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A Polk County Deputy was allegedly assaulted following a routine traffic stop early Sunday morning which ...

Polk County deputy tased and arrested a fleeing Venezuelan national; a Puerto Rican driver was later detained for DUI.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - What began as a routine traffic stop for an expired tag in Wahneta escalated into a dramatic encounter ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said a man here illegally from Venezuela has been charged with battery after striking a deputy while trying to flee a traffic stop.

Rapid growth in Florida's Heartland weighs heavily on aging infrastructure. Paving new roads harms already imperiled ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA ... The driver, 57-year-old Jose Adorno Pabon of Wahneta, told the deputy he did not speak English and didn’t have a drivers license. The passenger, 37-year-old ...

Polk County’s land development director, said about taking action on the text amendments. SB 180, which recently passed both chambers of the Florida Legislature, is a bill similar to one ...