Florida sheriff says he'll jail 'rascal' Tim Cook - CNET

Words between the two entities are getting ever meaner. And now a member of law enforcement has threatened to lock up Apple CEO Tim Cook because he's a rascal.

As Fox 13 reports, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd has already passed judgment on Apple's stance.

"You cannot create a business model to go, 'We're not paying attention to the federal judge or the state judge. You see, we're above the law,'" he said earlier this week in a press conference to discuss a recent murder case in which the suspects had taken photos of their victim on their phones.

"The CEO of Apple needs to know he's not above the law," he added.

The trouble, some might say, is that laws written before the motor car, the plane and the Tamagotchi were invented don't necessarily cover the nuances of rapidly developing technology.

Apple didn't respond to a request for comment.

For Judd, this situation is very clear.

"I can tell you, the first time we do have trouble getting into a cell phone, we're going to seek a court order from Apple," he said. "And when they deny us, I'm going to go lock the CEO of Apple up. I'll lock the rascal up."

I had rather thought that Florida has a certain respect for rascals. They're part of Floridian folklore. They're free spirits who do their thing regardless of the potential consequences.

Judd himself is, indeed, something of a folk hero.

He preaches from pulpits in uniform. When once asked why his officers had shot at a suspect 110 times, hitting him 68 times, he explained that it was "all the ammunition they had."