“There’s things you can’t make up,” opens Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, setting the tone for yet another unbelievable tale from the wild world of Florida crime. And believe us when we say: if you thought you’d heard it all, you haven’t heard this.
Meet Walter Frymer, age 51. Or as Sheriff Judd might describe him: a repeat customer of the criminal justice system. The whole saga begins, innocently enough, with a call to authorities about a man “naked inside of a restroom at a public park.”
Now, in true Judd fashion, the semantics matter:
“So we ask, is he naked or buck naked? You know, you can be naked and still have your socks on. But if you’re buck naked, you’re totally naked.”
Classic Sheriff Judd. Anyway, deputies arrive on the scene to find Walter fully clothed. That’s right—pants, shirt, everything. So instead of hauling him in, they let him off with a warning.
“We’re nice. We send him out of the park. Trespass him. Tell him we’re not going to arrest you—even though people saw you here without any clothes on. We’re going to give you a break.”
So what does Walter do with that generous break?
“He goes across the street and hops up on what? The railroad train track. And trespasses again just as soon as we gave him the break.”
Naturally, deputies arrest him. Again. And this time, they uncover even more fun facts:
“He’s already got twenty-five prior arrests and been to state prison five times. Not only is he trespassed, we’ve got him in possession of meth.”
If you’ve followed Sheriff Judd for any amount of time, you know what’s coming next:
“Well, I’ve talked about meth doing crazy stuff to you, right? You ain’t going to believe this.”
And he’s right—you won’t.
Upon arrival at the jail, inmates are routinely scanned for contraband. You know, the usual stuff—guns, knives, drugs. And that’s when Walter truly cemented his place in the Florida Man Hall of Fame.
“He brought a thermos into the jail. That’s right. He put it up the exit ramp. You know what I mean?”
We wish we didn’t.
Judd even holds up a thermos for comparison, saying:
“A thermos about this size. No, it wasn’t this one.”
Thanks for the visual, Sheriff. Truly.
And when confronted?
“We said, dude. What are you doing here? He said, ‘Well, I put that inside my body.’ And he didn’t swallow it.”
Sheriff Judd then reminds us that just 24 hours earlier, deputies had saved this man’s life. And how did Walter repay that kindness?
“He threatened to kill the deputy for arresting him.”
Of course he did.
The thermos extraction required hospital intervention and a specialist. Judd, clearly still baffled by the whole thing, wrapped it up with:
“It was quite the ordeal. But he’s thermos in the county jail today.”
“Told you you weren’t going to believe it. Never seen it before. Have another drink of coffee. Have a good day.”
Like the Sheriff said:
“You can’t make this up.”
But in Polk County? You really don’t have to.
Come again?! OUCH! pic.twitter.com/s2Jv2uoW0g
— thedailybs w/ Snerdley (@thedailybs_Bo) October 9, 2025
