A man and woman in Polk County were arrested earlier this month after their 3-year-old child was found in “bone-chilling” condition, according to the sheriff’s office.

A wildlife activist, who has rescued everything from eagles to hummingbirds, stumbled on a rare standoff that could only happen in wild Florida.

Eighty-five people have been arrested and millions of dollars in illicit drugs seized in a smuggling operation that used checked bags on commercial flights from California to Florida, investigators said Friday.

More than 100 people have been arrested in a Florida human trafficking investigation that focused on victims who might be forced into prostitution, the Polk County sheriff said Thursday.

A Florida man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend after he confessed to his mother and she called police.