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Disney employee, 160 persons arrested for human trafficking in Florida

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 11 Sep 2022 11:23
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Polk County Sheriff's Office and other authorities in the US state of Florida arrest 160 individuals in a week-long human trafficking sting operation called Fall Haul 2.

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  • Arrested and resigned Deputy Police Chief Jason DiPrima in Georgia, Cartersville (Cartersville Police Department)
    Arrested and resigned Deputy Police Chief Jason DiPrima in Georgia, Cartersville (Cartersville Police Department)

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd revealed in a press conference on Friday, September 9, that the Polk County Sheriff's Office and other authorities in the US state of Florida had arrested 160 individuals in a week-long human trafficking sting operation called Fall Haul 2.

Disney employee Guillermo Perez, several school instructors such as Cameron Burke and Math teacher Carlos Gonzalez, deputy police chief Jason DiPrima of Cartersville, Georgia, in addition to Lake Correctional Institution officer Keith Nieves, and 26 married men were among those charged. Some 86 people were allegedly selling sexual services while 65 were attempting to buy it, and they all had criminal records that included 419 felonies and 619 misdemeanors. Only 16 of them were from Polk County, with the majority coming from elsewhere in Florida and 15 from out of state.

DiPrima was arrested last Thursday after responding to an undercover detective's internet ad. The deputy police chief escaped a polygraph training course in an undercover Drug Enforcement Agency cruiser, handing out $180 and a pack of White Claw Hard Seltzer to the faux lady-of-the-night before deputies slammed the cuffs on him. He had resigned by the time Judd revealed the circumstances of his demise to reporters.

The Sheriff's Office claimed that it had discovered two human trafficking victims as well as five prospective victims throughout the investigation, implying that there were others within the throng who were unwilling to come forward. If a person arrested for prostitution in Florida identified themselves as a victim of human trafficking, their arrest may be overturned.

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