29 Arrested in Prostitution Ring in Polk County

Sheriff Grady Judd said the arrests took place Friday in the Winter Haven area. He says the county “will not tolerate prostitution.”

A press release says a 75-year-old Department of Agriculture employee solicited an undercover detective for sex while he was on duty and driving his department issued vehicle. Also among the arrests was a 50-year-old man who told detectives he was an engineer for NASA.