POLK COUNTY, Fla (WFLA) -- The Polk County Commission will vote on ordinances that would hopefully deter behaviors like the lakeside brawl from early August, where two people were knocked unconscious and several were arrested.

Residents said they are in fear of retaliation from the people causing these disturbances in their backyards, and they need the commission to push this through for their safety.

"It's been pretty wild. It's gotten wilder and wilder every year," said Scott Miller, who lives on Lake Winterset.

He said people have parked right behind his boat ramp, playing loud music. Others told deputies they witnessed people defecating in their bushes, and then there was the backyard brawl that led to the arrest of eight people. The fight seemed to be the last straw for county lead

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