Polk County Sheriff's Office held a weeklong child predator sting resulting in 19 individuals arrested, including Lakeland's ...

Thomas Hicks, 68, of Lakeland, faces numerous charges including human trafficking and using a computer to seduce a child.

A Florida man known for portraying Santa Claus was arrested following a week-long sting called Operation Child Protector VIII ...

Thousands and thousands and thousands of children have sat on this guy’s lap thinking he was Santa Claus when, in fact, he ...

This Santa is on the very, very naughty list. A married Santa Claus impersonator who sat “thousands and thousands of children ...

A man known for playing Santa Claus at Polk County Christmas events was one of nearly 20 people arrested during an undercover ...

A Lakeland man known for dressing as Santa at community events was arrested for attempting to meet a 13-year-old girl for ...

Santa Claus was arrested in Florida this week as part of a child sex sting operation, and the sheriff there is not holding ...

On Wednesday, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced the results of a recent undercover sting — including the arrest of a ...