Grady Judd

In today's Friday Files, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi strikes back against the former investigators who say Bondi's office ousted them for too aggressively going after fraudulent — and deep-pocketed — foreclosure firms in this state....

We're giving hugs and slugs today, starting with a round of hugs for a trio of Republicans who started their new terms the right way. Sure, the governor made the biggest headlines for kicking off his first day in office by sucking up millions of...

The Dream Defenders are protesting for legislators to repeal bills that allow citizens to “stand their ground” and county jails to house juveniles. Marie Paul, vice president of the Dream Defenders chapter at University of Central Florida,...

By Jennier Curtington, Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE–Two Democratic state legislators Thursday called for repeal of a state law that allows juveniles to be held in county jails, amid reports of teens being abused in the one county that’s...

The program, which debuts at 9 p.m. Wednesday on CNBC, explains how Sgt. Jim Ostojic of the Polk County Sheriff's Office helped uncover a group that took items from stores and gave them to "fences" who resold the items....

A group known as Atheists of Florida is continuing its attempts to get information from Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd about his decision to give county equipment to eight churches. EllenBeth Wachs, who is legal affairs coordinator for the atheist group,...

A 74-year-old Lakeland woman was hospitalized after being mauled by a pack of raccoons she tried to shoo from her yard. Gretchen Whitted fell when five raccoons surrounded and attacked, suffering extensive cuts from her neck to her legs. "We're......

An update from colleague Keith Kohn: The Polk County couple arrested after 261 dogs were rescued from their Mid-Florida Retriever Rescue home were released from jail Friday without having to post bail. And Polk Sheriff Grady Judd reported that donations...

   Sheriff Grady Judd of Polk County is on top of it when it comes notifying the public about the latest scams out there. This just in from the sheriff – two new schemes being investigated by his detectives: One scam involves vict...

Two Central Florida women who were snared in a January prostitution sting were arrested Monday after bragging about guns on their social-media accounts, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Felons Brittany Dodd, 25, of Lakeland and Maylee...

A newlywed ditched his wife at an upscale Orlando-area resort in hopes of having sex with a prostitute, joining nearly 100 others caught in a sex sting that has expanded into a criminal probe of a popular website. Backpage.com, a website that allows...

Two women who were arrested in a January prostitution sting were arrested Monday after bragging about guns on their social media accounts, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Brittany Dodd, 25, of Lakeland and Maylee Rossi, 27, of Davenport...