Polk County teacher arrested after backyard burn leads to 5-acre brush fire

A Bartow teacher was arrested for violating the county's burn ban after his backyard burn sparked a five-acre brush fire, ...

Bartow High School Teacher arrested after setting fire, violating Polk County burn ban, deputies say

A Bartow High School teacher was arrested after deputies said he violated a burn ban. Polk County deputies responded to a ...

Polk sheriff says 51 arrested as operations disrupt drug ring

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier joined Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd at a news conference to discuss the two ...
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Bartow Teacher Arrested After Backyard Burn Grows to Five Acres

A weekend backyard burn in Bartow ended with a high school teacher in handcuffs and roughly five acres scorched, after flames ...

AG Uthmeier, Polk Sheriff Judd announce 51 arrests in multi-agency drug trafficking busts

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said deputies seized 78 pounds of methamphetamine, 14.55 pounds of fentanyl, 13 firearms and ...
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Bartow High School Teacher Charged After Backyard Burn Sparks 5-Acre Blaze Amid Polk County Ban

A Bartow High School teacher was arrested after a fire he started during a burn ban spread over five acres. The incident ...

Did lapses at the Polk County Jail contribute to an inmate's violent death?

The Polk County Sheriff's Office recently settled a lawsuit over the death of Shaun Seaman, who was killed by a violent inmate while being held overnight.