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Sheriff Grady Judd swore in a historic oath as Polk County s only sheriff to ever be elected to five terms. (Polk County Sheriff s Office )
POLK COUNTY, FL Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd took a historic oath of office Tuesday morning as he swore in his fifth term as sheriff at Lakes Church.
Judd is the only sheriff in Polk County s 160-year-history to be elected to five terms, the sheriff s office said. Judd has worked for the Polk County Sheriff s Office since 1972, where he started as a dispatcher. In 2004, he was elected as sheriff.
He was officially sworn in by the Honorable Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court Charles Canady, a Lakeland native. He ran unopposed in 2020.
Last year Sheriff Grady Judd was re-elected, running unopposed on the ballot. It’s the first time in the 160-year history of Polk County a Sheriff has been elected to a fifth term.
PCSO: 2 arrested, 1 on the run after FWC officer run over by ATV
By FOX 13 News Staff
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Jordan Bowen reports
AVON PARK, Fla. - A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer was injured Saturday night near the Avon Park Bombing Range when he was beaten run over by an ATV, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
It happened around 9 p.m. at the River Ranch Hunt Club, a private hunting camp of about 88,000 acres in Polk County.
According to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, an FWC officer received reports of people night-hunting in the area. The officer said he saw a light and two ATV’s, one being a side-by-side off-road vehicle, and he began to follow the men on foot. That’s when he heard a gunshot. The officer approached the men, took two shotguns, and engaged them in a conversation, according to the PCSO.
Elijah Stansell, 18, borrowed the maintenance van from his father s church
He allegedly used it to run over Suzette Penton, 52, outside her home
Suzette s son Hunter used to date Elijah s girlfriend Kimberly Stone, 15
They planned to go to the Penton house to beat Hunter up after Kimberly was suspended from school for talking trash to him, it is alleged
Suzette arrived home, chased them out of the house and back to their van
She stood in front of the van recording them and Elijah allegedly ran her over
The other teens have been charged with accessory after the fact
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