On Thursday, November 30th, 2023 Polk County Sheriff’s Office Deputies and Polk County Fire Rescue responded to Westlake Royal Roofing Solutions located at 200 Story Road in Lake Wales regarding a forklift accident. Upon arrival, Polk County Fire Rescue was directed by employees to an unresponsive male patient later identified…
Lake Wales, Florida - On April 13, 2017 at approximately 5:15 p.m., Chaise Sharowski Brown of Lake Wales allegedly decided his fiancé, Courtney VanDiver, had been visiting a neighbor for too long. Brown walked over to 305 East Osceola Avenue to get VanDiver wearing a tactical Level IIIA bulletproof vest loaded…
Haines City, Florida- The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has arrested Carl Dunlap (DOB: 07/13/85) of Orlando with multiple counts of Attempted 1st Degree Murder Of A Law Enforcement Officer, Kidnapping, Fleeing To Elude, Resisting Arrest, Battery and more. The incident occurred around 7:30am, October 7, 2022 when Dunlap was spotted…
Babson Park, Florida - Polk County Sheriff's Office Deputies arrested Tyler Smeal, 22, of Babson Park on May 20th and charged him with Shooting into an occupied vehicle, Discharging a firearm in public, Possession of Alprazolam (Xanax), and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. According to reports Smeal fired many times with…
Update to death investigation in Indian Lake Estates After an extensive investigation, numerous interviews, and several search warrants, on Friday, October 27, 2017, PCSO Homicide detectives arrested 63-year-old James "Jimbo" Pennington of 3500 Orchid Drive in Indian Lake Estates, Lake Wales, for First Degree Murder (F-C), Possession of a Firearm by…
TRAFFIC ALERT There is a water main break on Cypress Gardens Blvd in the area of Roosevelt Dr. SE just past Cypress Gardens Rd. Drivers will be impacted throughout the day. Please take care when traveling through this area.