The Polk County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office has arrested nearly 160 human trafficking suspects, some cases involving children, including 25 illegal aliens from Cuba, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Venezuela.
Officials arrested 228 people during a human trafficking sting in Florida, with 21 in the group suspected of being illegal aliens.
A law enforcement body cam video taken in the Polk County Jail shows accused child-killer Don Steven McDougal appearing naked before a magistrate judge. McDougal refused to put on clothes for the hearing, where the judge advised him of his Capital Murder charge and ordered him held without bond.
LIVINGSTON, Texas — Texas EquuSearch founder Tim Miller revealed that searchers found a pair of pants belonging to 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham along the bank of the Trinity River near the location where the body was recovered on Tuesday. Miller revealed
Polk County Sheriff Byron Lyons confirmed that law enforcement authorities have located the body of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham in the Trinity River under the Trinity River bridge along U.S. Highway 59. Audrii Cunningham disappeared before school on Thursday, February 15.
Polk County Sheriff Byron Lyons confirmed additional facts relating to the ongoing search for 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham in a press conference on Monday. The sheriff told reporters they are convinced that Don Steven McDougal was the last person to see Audrii before she disappeared early Thursday morning.
Law enforcement and volunteer teams resumed the search of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham. The young girl went missing on February 15 before school. A “person of interest,” Don Steven McDougal, remains in the Polk County jail on an unrelated felony assault charge.
LIVINGSTON, Texas — Polk County Sheriff’s Office investigators named Don Steven McDougal as the “main person of interest” in the disappearance of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham. Audrii went missing early Thursday morning in southern Polk County. Texas Department of Public Safety
Polk County Sheriff’s Office Deputies arrested Don Steven McDougal Friday night on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. McDougal is reported to be the last person known to be with 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham before she disappeared Thursday morning.
A multi-agency search is underway in Polk County, Texas, for a missing 11-year-old girl. The girl, Audrii Cunningham, reportedly disappeared after being taken to a school bus stop near Lake Livingston State Park.
A Florida substitute teacher was arrested Thursday morning after two of his female students accused him of sex crimes.
A Florida woman allegedly shot and killed her two children before killing herself after she lost custody of her son.
Police officers in Livingston, Texas, shot a man who allegedly threatened a family at a gas station with a gun on Sunday night. The woman in the car said the unknown man pulled a pistol from behind his back and pointed directly at her.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the 6.5-pound newborn baby girl was left for dead on a 50-degree night, roughly an hour after her birth.
Florida’s Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 160 suspects during a human trafficking enforcement operation that began August 30, the agency announced Friday.
A Florida woman enraged by a wrong McDonald’s order made a “McMess” at the establishment and called 911 to complain, according to a sheriff.
Deputies in Polk County arrested a 19-year-old Lake Wales, Florida, man on Thursday who is accused of shooting and killing his mother.
A Florida teacher has been arrested for sending sexual messages to two students and molesting one of them when she was 14, authorities said.
Community members were inspired to do something when someone targeted a Florida child who lives with disabilities.
The following might help to explain why so many Disney employees oppose Florida’s “Don’t-Groom-Little-Kids” bill.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office in Florida has charged 68 individuals after a 6-month-long drug investigation using gay dating apps.
Two Texas sheriff’s deputies rushed into a burning house to rescue a disabled man trapped on his porch. The entire porch went up in flames seconds after the deputies pulled the man to safety.
A Florida substitute teacher was arrested after police discovered she had unprotected sex with a student described as “16 years or younger.”
Several arrests took place when suspects thought they were meeting teenagers for sex but were actually communicating with undercover detectives in central Florida.
A preschooler in Polk County, Florida, spent an entire day performing his dream job with law enforcement officers.
Three young men were “massacred” Friday while on a fishing trip in Frostproof, Florida, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.
Seventeen suspects were arrested for possession and distribution of child porn after a month-long operation ended in Polk County, Florida, on Monday.
An enraged man swerved toward an Uber, then exited his truck and came at the Uber driver, only to be shot and killed.
Florida detectives arrested 11 men in an undercover child pornography investigation, including employees from Disney World and Legoland.
