LAKELAND, Fla. (CBS12) — A man was possibly bitten by an alligator after taking a swim in a gator-filled lake, threatened deputies with garden shears, and burglarized a patrol vehicle all before he ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) – Lakeland police on Friday identified the man whose body was found in an alligator’s mouth earlier this week. Lakeland Police Department Sergeant Gary Gross identified the man ...

Polk County sheriff's deputies responded to a call about a man with an apparent alligator bite on his arm who had climbed out of a lake in Lakeland and began acting erratically. When deputies arrived, ...

A 42-year-old man was shot and killed by Florida deputies after surviving an apparent alligator attack, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A man appeared to have survived an ...