Sheriff Grady Judd will brief the news media at 10:30 a.m. at the Polk County Sheriff’s Operations Center, 1891 Jim Keene Blvd., about two arrests made yesterday, April 28, 2022:
Deputies arrested 69-year-old David Roberts, Lake Wales, a Polk County Sheriff’s Office volunteer (Volunteer Sheriff’s Service Officer), for drug trafficking charges (selling Oxycodone pills) and weapons charges.
Deputies arrested 19-year-old Seth Settle of Lake Wales for shooting and killing a family member. He’s been charged with 2nd degree murder, tampering with evidence, providing false information to a law enforcement officer (5 counts) and discharging a firearm on a residential property. The murder occurred yesterday, April 28, 2022, in the unincorporated area near Lake Wales.