Polk County detectives allegedly discovered 15 pounds of bagged marijuana in a grow house operation inside a barn in Frostproof last month. Detectives with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office claim they received a tip about starved animals on the property. They apparently went to check out the site and found…
A Bartow, Florida man was arrested last week after he was allegedly caught using his phone to solicit sex from a minor. On July 3, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office began investigating a reported unlawful sexual act that allegedly took place between the accused and a 14-year-old female. During the…
Bartow, FL – A three-day undercover operation targeting online prostitution ads has resulted in dozens of people being arrested. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office conducted the operation between January 10 and January 13. At the end of the sting, a total of 78 people were arrested, including a porn star…
Polk County authorities have arrested a junior hockey league coach from Massachusetts on charges that he used a solicited what he thought was a 16-year-old boy online. The man was arrested in his home Wednesday night in Acushnet, Mass., and booked into a local jail. Polk County detectives began investigating…
A judge refused to set bail Wednesday for a 64-year-old Lake Alfred woman accused of killing her 77-year-old husband and burying his body in the couple’s backyard garden. The woman’s lawyer argued that the woman has seriously health issues that cannot be properly addressed in jail. The woman is diagnosed…
Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crime Attorneys Detectives with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office have arrested 19 people in an undercover prostitution bust targeting online advertisements. Undercover officials conducted the two-day sting focusing on online ads for prostitution last Thursday and Friday. According to police, both…
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Lake Wales couple after a three month investigation was concluded Friday that allegedly confirmed the pair was filming and distributing porn from their home. A Polk County judge deemed the pornographic videos as obscene material under Florida law. The couple was charged with…
Lakeland, FL – Detectives have arrested 36 women and 24 men, including a Disney worker and a teenager who towed her baby along, for soliciting another for prostitution, deriving proceeds from prostitution, or aiding and abetting prostitution. Detectives captured everything from the Central Florida bust dubbed “Operation Curtain Call” on…
Orlando Florida Highway Patrol arrested two-time Monster Energy Supercross star James “Bubba” Stewart of Bartow, Florida Monday night after he tried pulling over two off-duty highway patrol officers while pretending to be a police officer. The arrest affidavits show that 25-year-old Stewart was arrested with his friend, a 44-year-old man…