The teens, who are all 14 or 15 years old, were visiting Polk County from Pennsylvania for a football tournament.

Eight teenagers, all youth football players from Philadelphia, have found out the hard way that Florida doesn't mess around ...

Eight teens were arrested in Polk County for allegedly stealing more than $2,000 worth of merchandise from a Dick’s Sporting ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd turned the arrest of a traveling youth football team into a referendum on crime policies this ...

Eight teenagers from Pennsylvania are accused of conspiring to steal more than $2,000 worth of merchandise from Dick’s ...

Eight teenagers from Pennsylvania who were in Polk County to compete in a youth football championship were arrested Saturday ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A trip to Florida for a national championship turned into a fumble for a youth football team from ...

LAKELAND - When they got to the gunman, deputies found dozens of extra bullets in his pocket - a number that gave Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd reason for pause. "We don't know why he went into his ...

Coach should have warned them that stuff doesn't fly in Florida... A lot of cities around the country have decided that they're not going to arrest or prosecute people for "minor" crimes like ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — A convicted child sex offender was fatally shot by Polk County deputies on Wednesday after he allegedly attacked two people in Lakeland. Sheriff Grady Judd gave details into the ...