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Wanted man Aaron Johnson captured after challenging Polk County Sheriff's Office on Facebook, bragging he couldn't be caught despite multiple felony warrants.
Dayton Schaffer, 18, faces charges of a false report concerning the use of a firearm against a person(s) and a misuse of a ...
In a press conference Monday evening, Sheriff Grady Judd said the incident happened before noon when a deputy responded to a ...
It was game on when a wanted Florida man made a social media post challenging the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Grady Judd to find him.
Sheriff Grady Judd says Polk County detectives seized 64 pounds of fentanyl in what the sheriff's office calls the largest ...
A Florida man is in jail after he called McDonald's on his phone three times and threatened to "shoot this s— up" — all ...
A wanted Florida man has been arrested after a series of social media posts taunting the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Grady Judd for not being able to catch him.
Sheriff Grady Judd will brief the media at 5:30 p.m. Monday afternoon, June 30, 2025, from the scene of a deputy- involved ...
Sheriff Grady Judd is set to speak about a fentanyl drug trafficking investigation that involved two Mexican cartels, the ...
Sheriff Grady Judd said the man was holding gun to his chest, then after being shot with a bean bag, pointed the gun at SWAT ...
A shooting involving law enforcement officers in Polk County unfolded Monday afternoon following a call about a domestic ...