Hospital employee accused of stealing nearly $1,000 from COVID-19 patient

Haines City police arrested Yolanda Curtis-Deliz, 46, a certified nursing assistant, after they say she stole $920 from a COVID-19 patient’s wallet at AdventHealth Heart of Florida.

Haines City teacher, coach accused of having sexual relationship with student

Wayne McKenzie Ricks II, 29, a teacher at Haines City High School, was arrested on 10 counts of custodial sexual battery on a victim between the ages of 12 and 18 after police say he was dating and having sex with a student.

Former Ohio officer threatened violence in DC with homemade guns, police say

Investigators in Polk County say a former police officer from Ohio, upset by allegations of voter fraud, wrote about building homemade guns and heading to Washington to carry out violence.

Haines City woman wanted on hit-and-run and child abuse charges arrested

Police in Haines City said the woman accused of crashing into a garbage truck Monday and injuring an unrestrained child in her vehicle turned herself in.

Haines City woman wanted for hit-and-run crash, child abuse

Police in Haines City are searching for a woman who faces multiple charges for allegedly driving head-on into a garbage truck, causing an unrestrained child in her car to be injured.

1 dead, 3 injured in Haines City shooting

The Haines City Police Department says a shooting late Thursday killed one man and left three others injured.

Polk firefighter tried to steal $165 worth of Pokemon cards, police say

According to police, staff at a Haines City Walmart spotted Joel C.V. Strickland switching barcodes on higher-priced packs of cards with those on lower-priced packs, which he then took to the self-checkout.

Florida man stole bulldozer, ran down Biden signs in Haines City neighborhood, police say

The 26-year-old man is accused of stealing a bulldozer from a construction site, then driving it into a Haines City neighborhood to plow down Joe Biden campaign signs.

Haines City pastor accused of targeting elderly victim, performing shoddy home repairs for $35K

Haines City police say 46-year-old Abner Anibal Rolon, who serves as the pastor of Calvary First Assembly church, faces several charges after he targeted an 85-year-old woman with visual, hearing and mobility impairments.

Lawsuit: Mother of three dying of breast cancer suing Haines City clinic for medical negligence 

A former Haines City woman says she is dying from stage IV triple-negative breast cancer after medical staff at Doctor Today TLC clinic failed to diagnose or treat her even though she went to the clinic five times complaining of a lump and pain in her left breast.

PCSO: Excessive speed, impairment factors in crash that killed Dundee man

Ismael Jaime Jr., 21, of Dundee, was killed early Saturday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Patterson Road in Haines City, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Haines City couple arrested for running illegal gambling operation

Dexter Rhodes, 33, and Deget Lane, 27, are facing more than 300 charges after being were arrested Tuesday night for running an illegal virtual gambling operation.

Corrections officer driving wrong way in Haines City arrested for DUI

Florida Department of Corrections Officer Amber Reeves, 27, of Winter Haven, was arrested early Sunday morning for DUI after driving the wrong way on a major highway, according to the Haines City Police Department.

Haines City man killed wife and teen sons before turning gun on himself, police say

A Haines City man called 911 Sunday to tell dispatchers he shot his wife and two children and was about to shoot himself, according to the Haines City Police Department.

Deputies: Man killed sleeping Polk County couple, buried bodies in swamp

A judge denied bond for Todd Michael Jackson, 34, on Sunday. He is accused of killing Raymond and Crystal Cline as they slept in their Haines City home and enlisting his stepdaughter and her boyfriend to help bury their bodies in a swamp, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. 

Polk deputies arrest 3 after discovering decomposed bodies in Haines City

Polk County deputies arrested Todd Michael Jackson, 34, on two counts of first-degree murder after discovering two decomposed bodies in Haines City Friday evening.