Emerick Priddy was arrested in Polk County, where Sheriff Grady Judd says he was in the backseat of his car with a 14-year old girl.

"America's Sheriff," Grady Judd, expressed his views on President Donald Trump's January 6 pardons, mass deportations and DEI within law enforcement agencies.

Trump recently pardoned more than 1,500 people who protested the certification of the 2020 presidential election in January 2021, saying the decision rectified a “grave national injustice” against those he called “ J6 hostages .” “I disagree with that decision. I disagree with it very strongly,” Judd said in the video.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd was joined by several local and state officials, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, at a Wednesday press conference to discuss illegal immigration.

The Polk Sheriff's Office will continue to hold undocumented suspects for collection by ICE agents, Sheriff Grady Judd said.

One of those defendants caught on camera was Polk County’s Jonathan Pollock, who federal authorities said fought with and used a riot shield against Capitol Police. After evading capture for three years, he was awaiting trial at the time of Trump’s pardon.

The Florida governor laid out several immigration reform proposals, including making illegal entry into the U.S. a state-level crime and appointing a "state immigration enforcement officer" to oversee state and federal coordination.

The governor was joined by Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and other agency leaders in Winter Haven to discuss those proposals.

"What Gov. DeSantis is doing is readying the force, giving us the tools, the resources we need to work with our local state and federal partners to get this job done.”

DeSantis’s office released a list of proposals for Florida lawmakers including the repeal of in-state tuition for “illegal immigrant” college students. “We have to put Floridians first,” DeSantis said. On Monday, DeSantis called for a special Florida legislative session on Jan. 27 to support the new president’s immigration policy.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey are leading the effort among Florida sheriffs supporting Trump and DeSantis. The Biden administration “opened the floodgates ...

A man from West Palm Beach is accused of traveling to Central Florida with the intention to meet a 14-year-old girl for sexual favors.