Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and two deputies are now under fire as part of a lawsuit filed over a child rape case that happened nearly a decade ago, according to court records filed on Friday.

A traffic enforcement deputy with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office resigned after he was arrested for allegedly stealing cash during a traffic stop, officials said.

A deputy fired his weapon at a “documented gang member” after the suspect crashed his vehicle into multiple law enforcement vehicles, injuring one deputy before the man crashed into another vehicle, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd held a news conference to discuss the arrests of 225 people in an undercover investigation named “Fool Around and Find Out.”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference Friday morning at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

At separate times throughout the investigation, all six men showed up to the undercover location in Polk County “to sexually batter children,” the release states.

Someone stole a pair of horses in Frostproof and the Polk County Sheriff’s Office needs help to find the thieves.

A woman and her son died in a crash in Lakeland, deputies say.

For the second time this year, a rabies case has been confirmed in Polk County.

A 21-year-old man was arrested Sunday after fatally shooting his father in their Winter Haven home and then calling 911 to report it, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Detectives found that a 39-year-old man previously charged with vehicular homicide had three times the legal limit of alcohol in his blood, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

A wrong-way driver caused a crash that resulted in the death of a woman in Lake Wales early Sunday morning, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

A Polk County woman threw a tantrum and dialed 911 over a wrong order at a Lakeland McDonalds, which led to her committing a burglary and assaulting employees, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said.

A volunteer with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office was arrested for selling his monthly prescription of Oxycodone pills from a marked vehicle, the sheriff said.

A 52-year-old man was arrested in Orange County for multiple crimes including impersonating a law enforcement officer.

Robert Scott, 46, was arrested in connection to inappropriate contact he had with two teenage girls.

Officials say a Florida sheriff’s sergeant fatally shot a woman who lunged toward him with a shovel.

Authorities are looking for a Polk County man wanted in connection with an elderly woman’s death.

Authorities say a third victim has died following a violent attack where an angry electrician wielding a knife and baseball bat killed three co-workers and injured another at the Florida home they shared.

An 18-year-old from Plant City is in the Polk County Jail after turning himself in at a Polk County Sheriff’s Office substation, hours after he hit a a pedestrian in Mulberry and then fled the scene, deputies said.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday arrested a 26-year-old man for four counts of attempted murder and shooting into an occupied home.

An Amazon delivery van was recovered near the intersection of Radford Road and North Avenue in the Gordonville area of Bartow. (Image: Polk County Sheriff's Office)POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A 22-year-old man accused of carjacking an Amazon delivery driver in Polk County has been taken into custody, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the Amazon driver did the right thing by getting out of the van. “The delivery man did the right thing by not resisting the unarmed carjacker. He just knew that an unknown man wearing a ski-mask was demanding him to get out, and that was the safest thing to do.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is seeking a 72-year-old man who went missing on Sunday. Deputies are looking for Michael Swain, who drove away from his residence on Nicholson Drive in Davenport in a Gray 2019 Dodge Journey with Florida license plate number EXU6, deputies said. Swain has dementia, schizophrenia, hasn’t taken prescribed medication since Saturday and hasn’t driven a vehicle in five years, deputies said. Swain was last seen wearing a green shirts, gray shorts, and gold tennis shoes, deputies said. If anyone knows of Swain’s whereabouts, please contact 863-298-6200.

A 19-year-old man was killed following a shooting in Polk County, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies took into custody Brian Medeiros after an incident that happened at the Landing at Four Corners apartment complex that resulted in the death of Devyne Pritchett, deputies said. Medeiros then fled to his third-floor apartment to tell his roommate, Judd said. Medeiros then grabbed a gun from his car, and after confronting Pritchett on a stairwell, and shot him multiple times, Judd said. Pritchett then stumbled upon the stairwell died, according to Judd.