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8 arrested in vice undercover operation in Polk County

LAKELAND, Fla.,None — The Associated Press

Polk County authorities say eight men have been arrested in an undercover vice operation.

A Sheriff's Office report says the investigation took place Friday at the Saddle Creek Park between Lakeland and Winter Haven after receiving complaints of lewd activity taking place there.

During the operation, male undercover detectives made contact with men in the park. Six men asked the detectives to perform sex acts with them. The report says two other men were arrested for trespassing because they had been arrested before there for lewd acts and were not allowed to be at the park.

Sheriff Grady Judd issued a statement saying "lewd behavior in our public parks or at any other place where people and their families go to relax and enjoy the outdoors" will not be tolerated.

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