Sting Nabs 281 Including 17 Theme Park Workers

A seven-day undercover sting in Polk County, Florida, called Polk Around and Find Out II, ended with 281 arrests tied to human trafficking and child sex predators, Sheriff Grady Judd said. According to the sheriff's office, those arrested included 13 Walt Disney World employees and four Universal Studios employees. Thirty-one of the arrests involved adults trying to arrange sexual encounters with children. Judd said 32 of those arrested were in the country illegally, and 16 have so far been transferred to ICE. Disney cooperated, Judd said, and has fired the employees involved. An arrest is not a conviction, and everyone arrested is entitled to due process, but families deserve to know deputies went looking for people who prey on children and found them.