A witness tried to throw the man a preserver. Another witness said the man growled at them when they tried to help.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Timothy Schultz, 42, charged at his deputies holding a pair of garden shears after ...

A 42-year-old man recently released from jail was bitten by an alligator before being shot and killed by Polk County deputies ...

LAKELAND, FLORIDA — A career criminal somehow survived an alligator attack, then died in a hail of bullets by deputies ...

Before Monday's fatal event, Timothy Schultz was arrested in April and had been released from jail less than a week ago, ...

Memorial Day was extra somber for some neighbors living in the Christina Hammock community when they woke up to a round of ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WWSB) - A man Polk County sheriff’s deputies said was exhibiting “bizarre” behavior was shot and killed on ...

A Florida man was bitten by an alligator before he was shot and killed by deputies on Memorial Day, according to the sheriff’s office.

A Charlotte County woman was arrested after allegedly attacking a child with a knife. Gwendolyn Girard is in the Lee County Jail after deputies say she stabbed a 12-year-old child in the face and neck ...