Grady Judd

Pablo Borgen, 43, a Lakeland dad to five children, allegedly used a network of dealers to sell heroin. Detectives estimate that Borgen was making approximately $70,000 in heroin sales per month, reports The Ledger in Lakeland. On Tuesday Polk County...

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,...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The man extradited to Florida for writing, publishing and selling a controversial book considered a "how-to" for pedophiles pleaded no contest to criminal charges in exchange for two years' probation, authorities said Thursday....

These detectives in Polk County must really be good. Afterall, they were able to lure suspects from 18 Florida cities, some as far away as South Florida, to Polk County for sex. After negotiating with detectives online, or by phone, the suspects...

The author of a controversial 'guide for pedophiles' was arrested Monday in Colorado. Florida sheriff deputies arrested Phillip Ray Greaves II on obscenity charges.  Greaves is being charged with distribution of obscene material depicting minors...

PUEBLO, Colo. - A Colorado man who wrote a how-to guide for pedophiles was arrested Monday and sent to Florida to face obscenity charges, after deputies there ordered a copy of the book that has generated online outrage. Officers arrested Phillip R....

COLORADO ( KTLA) -- The man behind the controversial book that advocates pedophilia, is behind bars. Phillip Greaves was arrested at his home in Colorado by Florida Sheriff's deputies. Undercover detectives in Polk County, Florida, purchased and...

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...

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...