A man accused of sexually abusing a minor will face upgraded charges for his crimes because he was in the country illegally, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. Alvaro Jimenez ...

In a news conference Wednesday, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd detailed the abuse 4-year-old Bryan Boyer allegedly suffered at the hands of his mother. Patricia Saintizaire, 36, who immigrated ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office says both teens accused of shooting and killing a Frostproof man on Sunday evening have been arrested.

A man accused of sexually abusing a minor will face upgraded charges for his crimes because he was in the country illegally, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. Alvaro Jimenez ...

Two 18-year-olds are accused of making bomb threats to the principal of Ridge Community High School in Haines City.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd was listed as a defendant in the original complaint, but was subsequently dropped from the case. Pickles, 45, was arrested in November 2022 after a car chase with ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd have been appointed to Florida's new State Immigration Enforcement Council. According to a news ...

FROSTPROOF, Fla. — Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is offering a $5,000 reward to help locate a gun used by teenagers who he says shot and killed a man in Frostproof. The 15-year-old and 16-year ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Monday, Sheriff Grady Judd released the full 911 confession from a man who admitted to stabbing his own mother to death over the weekend. Judd said Emmanuel Espinoza ...

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd have been appointed to the new State Immigration Enforcement Council as part of the state’s efforts to strengthen federal ...

Florida Senate President Ben Albritton appointed Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri to the newly formed State Immigration Enforcement Council. The council ...