Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is holding a swearing-in ceremony on Friday for a 13-year-old boy battling incurable brain ...

A 13-year-old cancer survivor whose been making waves nationally stopped in Polk County this week where he was sworn in as an honorary deputy sheriff.

"They devastated the house. They gutted the house," Judd said. The suspects are also accused of stealing and selling his ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says 11 ‘ne’er-do-wells and crankers’ have been arrested during an investigation at a vacant ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd confirmed the arrest of one of his own deputies who was on the job for less than a year. Grady said Jake Germak, 21, who was a trainee and deputy, was arrested after ...

A 12-year-old boy died during a day of fishing with his brother, cousin and father on Lake Roy in Florida, Sheriff Grady Judd said. Photo from the Polk County Sheriff's Office A dad was trying to ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — "Have you ever seen a cranker colony?" Sheriff Grady Judd asked in a video posted to YouTube on Friday. Revealing a group of 11 mugshots, he said: "Now you have." The 'cranker ...