Arriving home at the right time, the father of a Bridgewater resident foiled an attempted burglary this morning. “I saw a grey buick in my son’s driveway and I tried to block them in with my car to find out what...

Looking for help toward solving crimes in their neighborhood, the Florida Presbyterian Homes placed signs around their property this afternoon. The metal signs offer a “cash reward” for “information leading...

For years, officers have trained by shooting at stationary targets. A big step was popup targets as officers moved through training buildings. Today training can be much more realistic. The Polk County Sheriff’s office...

Lakeland Police Department officers stopped a city bus this afternoon as a 911 call indicated an armed man was threatening a passenger. Neil Dekle, 23, was arrested after a brief struggle with police. The incident began at...

The Lakeland Police Department have released a police artist sketch of a suspect in the December 6, 2009 shooting of Florida Southern College freshman Andrew Tuccinardi. Police report Tuccinardi was on the Lake Hollingsworth...

This morning Sikes Elementary Principal Corey Swindler was booked into the Polk County Jail on seven charges ranging from “Sexual battery” to “Lewd or lascivious offenses committed upon or in the presence...

On July 4, 2009 our house was broken into through a window in the back.  The thief was able to use a knife to bust through the window, climbed into the window by standing on our grill and then steal…a LOT of our...

As a member of the fourth estate, we receive the media alerts from the Lakeland Police Department and the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Some we’ll follow up and some we read for background and move on. There...

The Lakeland Police Department is changing their beats to improve officer assignment and response flexibility. In the past, LPD utilized smaller single officer assigned beats. Two or three officers will be assigned to each...

The Lakeland City truck stolen the morning of April 28th was found approximately 12 hours later by a Lakeland Police Department officer. It was 3.2 miles South of the location of the theft. LPD reports the vehicle appeared...

The city water utilities division needs your help. It seems the driver didn’t listen to any of the many Lakeland Police Department reminders, and left the keys in a city truck while he ran into a convenience store. As...

The Lakeland Police Department would like to remind you not to drink and drive this holiday season. LPD officers Hans Lehman and Sean Finney present the message in this PSA shot by the LakelandGov.Net film crew:   (Note to...

At about 2:25 today the Mid-Florida Federal Credit Union, located at 2105 New Tampa Hwy was robber. The Lakeland Police Department would like your help identifying the suspect pictured at left. The bank robber was described...

Yes, you can get money for your guns. Check in the couch, look under your car seat, grab that rifle off your neighbor’s gun rack, pull out that pistol with the serial number filed off that you were saving for a special...