Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier give an update to a yearlong investigation.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia visited Polk County on Thursday to deliver checks ...

If you want to engage in dangerous, violent, gang-related activity, do not do it in Florida,” Judd said. “Most importantly, ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, Gertrude Williams' birthday wish was to meet Sheriff Grady ...

The Sheriff's Office has been under steady criticism from animal activists for more than a year for rejecting TNR programs.

It took a Polk County jury just sixty minutes to seal the fate of Hernando Thompson, Jr. The 36-year-old Orlando man, ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier joined Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd to announce the conviction of Hernando Cortez ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a murder-suicide that took place on December 22, 2025, in Highland City, Lakeland, Florida. The incident involved 47-year-old ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A Montana man will soon be brought to Polk County, Florida, to face charges after Sheriff Grady Judd said the man bragged about sexually abusing children as young as 8 to an ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office recently settled a lawsuit over the death of Shaun Seaman, who was killed by a violent ...

A Highland City man murdered his wife and shot his stepdaughter late Dec. 22 before killing himself in Lake Wales, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office reported. The tragedy could have been even worse, ...