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MAGA influencer among 200+ arrested in Polk County prostitution sting
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) A Polk County Sheriffs Office operation focused around prostitution-related offenses netted 266 arrests, including a self-described MAGA influencer with a sizable following.
Nineteen additional suspects were arrested for crimes related to child sexual exploitation, PCSO announced earlier this week.
In a news conference Friday, Sheriff Grady Judd highlighted several suspects, including Craig Long II, 41. Long, who lives in Tampa, owns a fitness company and makes content for social media.
He has over half a million followers on TikTok, where he makes videos reacting to clips and providing political commentary. He discusses his prior criminal history, but takes a pro-law enforcement stance, even featuring a clip of Judd in one of his most-watched videos on the platform.
https://www.wfla.com/news/polk-county/polk-around-and-find-out-judd-announces-200-arrests-in-prostitution-sting/
UpInArms
(55,207 posts)Where have I seen that before?

tonekat
(2,559 posts)...they won't. We might hear about it on MS NOW and that's it. They could flood the zone, but...no...they won't.
ToxMarz
(3,022 posts)Another arrest highlighted by Judd was Ryan Yates of Odessa. Yates arrest report was not available at the time of this report, but PCSO said he was caught on camera entering the undercover location (a hotel room), talking to the undercover detective and taking his pants off.
Yates was sentenced to six months in prison for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, in which supporters of President Trump stormed the Capitol building in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Yates was later pardoned by the president.
Well, were not giving him a blanket pardon, Judd said. He got away with it in the federal system, but not here.
barbtries
(31,330 posts)which is the party of freaks and pedophiles.
Figarosmom
(12,870 posts)Those guys don't like trump.
SergeStorms
(20,751 posts)elected to any office in Polk County in my memory.
But that's the MAGA fall back position. Never admit to any crime you've committed and always label your attackers "liberals." The MAGAts eat it right up every time.