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Where a sheriff in Florida held a full on press conference after busting a bunch of older folks selling jailbroken fire TV sticks in a flea market.

It is really something the story goes in all kinds of directions, and I thought the decoder audience would enjoy it quite a bit.

So we're gonna run it in the feed. Check it out, and enjoy.

This is Under Understood. Hey everybody. Hello Billy. Hi Billy. Hey Billy.

I'm Reggie. Sorry. It's okay. I don't take it personally whatsoever.

Good. Okay, now I do. Just based on how you said that.

Should we start over? No, that was fine.

So I want to play you all a press conference.

And this took place at the tail end of 2020.

Mayor Christmas everyone. It's time for our daily briefing. As I told you, we were going to bring you several different press releases this week of Christmas cheer that we've provided for those who violate the law.

What? What? I'm sorry, huh? So that's Grady Judd. Have any of you encountered this guy? No.

Have I encountered Sheriff Grady Judd just in my day to day life?

In your day to day life, you probably wouldn't encounter him unless you live in Polk County, Florida, where he's the sheriff and where he's conducting this press conference from.

Okay. So we thought we would start with our investigation that began in the month of October as a result of a concerned citizen that came to us and said, you know, I think they're doing illegal stuff out of that international flea market.

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