"Operation Santa's Naughty List" nabs 124 in Polk County

124 people are under arrest after the latest sex crimes sting in Polk County. Sheriff Grady Judd says Operation Santa's Naughty List lasted just six days.

"Our detectives cast a wide net out upon the ocean,"Sheriff Judd said, "and what we brought in was child predators, deviants, victims of human trafficking and Johns."

Seven of the women accused of being prostitutes may be victims of human trafficking and are getting additional support.

"If they accept services, they go through the process, we wipe out all reports, all photographs, all data that indicate they were ever taken into custody so they can continue to live as victims, which they really are," Judd said.

The charges include solicitation, using a computer to lure a child and traveling to meet a minor for sex.


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