Grady Judd

Polk Sheriff Grady Judd said the 31-year-old suspect got into an argument with the victim because he was dating the man's 17-year-old daughter. That argument led to a deadly shooting early Friday morning, investigators said.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - Massacred. That’s the word Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd used to describe what happened to a high school student who was killed during an apparent drug deal. Taigur Taguri, a 17-year-old student at George Jenkins High School arrived at Gordon Heights Park in Bartow with...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — June is National Adopt a Shelter Cat Month, which means it's the purrr-fect time to give a home to a kitten in need. And in a new video, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd tells us about some of our furry friends that need to be adopted right here in the Tampa Bay area.

He denied firing a gun at anybody, investigators said. A Lakeland man faces a long list of charges, including attempted first-degree murder, after shooting someone in the face and trying to run the person’s family off a road, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies responded late Tuesday night when...

LAKELAND, Fla. - June is National Adopt a Shelter Cat month and Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd really wants everyone to adopt a kitten. In a video posted on the Polk County Animal Services Facebook page, one especially adorable kitten leaps into his arms as he begins to plead with viewers to adopt.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd had some strong words for two "beefing" gangs accused of being responsible for 16 drive-by shootings since March 2021. “There’s not going to be a time in this county that neighbors are afraid to let their children play in neighborhoods. There’s not going to be a time in this county where we allow two street gangs to have running gun battles through the streets," Judd said.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, Department of Homeland Security Investigators from Tampa and Atlanta, and representatives from the Haines City Police Department and Georgia law enforcement agencies will discuss the investigation of a drug trafficking organization with Mexican drug cartel ties at 10:00 am today (Thursday, April 29, 2021) at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff’s Operations Center located at 1891 Jim Keene Blvd. in Winter Haven.

Sad to see Judd backing attack on fundamental rights. How sad, how dismally sad, to see Polk County's sheriff, Grady Judd, standing behind Gov. Ron DeSantis, smiling and clapping his hands, as the governor displays the "anti-rioting" bill passed by the radically reactionary Republicans in Tallahassee. ["DeSantis signs sweeping, controversial anti-riot bill," April 22].

In mid-March, one of our K-9’s was attempting to apprehend a dangerous felon who was hiding in a pond. The suspect grabbed the K-9’s head and shoved it under water in an attempt to drown the dog. Fortunately, the K-9 wasn’t harmed and the bad guy went to jail. In...

Sheriff Grady Judd was not happy to make the announcement that followed an investigation. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested three deputies, John Raczynski, 24, Jamal Lawson, 29, and Garrett Cook, 26. The arrests came after an investigation of evidence tampering. A traffic stop in December resulted in an arrest of a woman on drug charges. Evidence from the scene was taken in by deputies.

The Sheriff praised Canady's support of law enforcement and gun rights. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is backing Republican Jennifer Canady in her bid to replace term-limited Rep. Colleen Burton for House District 40. The Sheriff attributed his endorsement to Canady’s conservative platform and community work. “Jennifer Canady’s work as...

Grady Judd is one of the most famous law enforcement officials in the nation. The Polk County Sheriff is well known for off-the-cuff remarks and ad-libbed sound bites during news conferences. Once when asked about his deputies shooting suspects he responded that "we don't choose to shoot people, they choose...

A recent front page article in The Ledger was overly critical of police hiring practices in Florida [Police hiring is a 'terrible system,' Jan. 3, USA Today Network]. The article was from a Southwest Florida newspaper reprinted in The Ledger. There was no reference to Polk County and there were no anecdotal examples given that involved any officer from Polk County—The Ledger should have made that clear. The article provided the names of seven police officers they criticized for various reasons – three were arrested, one it is unclear if he is still employed as an officer, one officer was administratively terminated not involving misconduct, and two appear to be still employed. A little underwhelming, frankly. The tone of the article was dripping with anti-police rhetoric.