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Woman follows deputy, calls 911 over traffic ticket, ends up with 28
bags of fentanyl in her va-jay-jay
If yourCOve never watched Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd deliver a crime briefing, yourCOre missing one of FloridarCOs great public services. Judd
has spent years becoming something of a law enforcement folk hero, not
because he sugarcoats crime stories, but because he tells them exactly
the way regular people discuss them over coffee. HerCOs equal parts
sheriff, storyteller, and exasperated father figure. When Judd starts a
story by looking directly into the camera and sounding genuinely
confused by human behavior, you know yourCOre about to hear something special.
This weekrCOs entry into the Florida Hall of Fame for Terrible Decisions involves 48-year-old Gina Redding of Lake Wales. Judd introduced her to
the public with a description that immediately told everyone where this
story was headed.
rCLOccasionally, I tell you stories that you just canrCOt believe, but I
want you to get a full look at a lady who IrCOm sure was born with all her brain cells, but sherCOs fried them all, and sherCOs operating on about two half cells.rCY
According to Judd, deputies had a road shut down while utility crews
worked on power lines. Most drivers, when confronted with a patrol car blocking a road, make the reasonable assumption that they should
probably turn around and find another route. Redding apparently looked
at the same situation and arrived at a completely different conclusion.
She simply drove around the deputy and continued down the closed roadway
as if traffic laws were more of a suggestion than an actual rule.
Naturally, another deputy stationed at the opposite end of the closure
stopped her and issued a citation. At that point, the story should have
ended. She could have accepted the ticket, grumbled about it to friends
later, and gone on with her day like millions of other Americans who
have received traffic citations. Instead, she chose a path that can only
be described as aggressively self-destructive.
Judd explained that after receiving the ticket, Redding became angry and
began following the deputy who had cited her. Think about that for a
moment. Following a police officer because yourCOre upset about getting a ticket is already a questionable life choice. But it gets better. Or
worse, depending on your perspective.
According to the sheriff, she then called 911 because she was unhappy
about receiving a traffic ticket.
rCLShe decides, well, IrCOll just dial 911 because I donrCOt like this traffic ticket.rCY
There is a certain childlike optimism in believing emergency dispatchers
exist to mediate disputes between motorists and police officers. Unsurprisingly, deputies were not impressed.
A second stop followed. Additional violations were discovered. The
situation escalated, and eventually she was arrested. Up to this point,
the story is already ridiculous enough to earn a place in the Grady Judd archives. But this is where it takes the kind of turn that makes veteran deputies shake their heads and wonder what exactly is happening in the
world.
During the inventory search of the vehicle before it was towed, deputies reportedly located marijuana. That alone probably wasnrCOt enough to
explain the increasingly bizarre chain of events. The bigger surprise
came later at the jail when standard intake procedures revealed
something officers hadnrCOt initially discovered.
rCLWe get her to the jail, and we put her through a scanning system. And
guess what? Well, we find in her Virginia 28 bags of fentanyl.rCY
Twenty-eight bags.
At that point, the original traffic citation had become little more than
a footnote in a much larger criminal case. Judd said Redding insisted
she wasnrCOt dealing fentanyl, though the sheriff appeared skeptical.
rCLShe says she doesnrCOt deal fentanyl, but it would certainly explain her conduct.rCY
Then came the line that only Grady Judd could deliver.
rCLSo we didnrCOt visit Virginia any further. We just put her in jail.rCY
ThatrCOs Florida law enforcement storytelling at its finest."
- Bo Snerdley
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