Disney employee among 160 arrested in Polk County human trafficking operation: 🔒

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 160 people in what was described as an operation focused on human trafficking.

According to the sheriff’s office, the suspects arrested in Operation Autumn Sweep included those “who solicited prostitutes and those who offered to commit prostitution, and other suspects who committed crimes related to prostitution.”

The oldest suspect is 61 years old and the youngest is 15 years old, PCSO said.

Travis Hutchinson, 25, of Davenport was charged with human trafficking, forcing one to prostitute, deriving proceeds from prostitution and battery strangulation. He was accused of trafficking a Mexican woman under the guise of paying for coyotes to smuggle her across the border and pocketing most of the money himself.

Four victims of human trafficking were identified during the operation. The sheriff’s office said 25 of the suspects were in the U.S. illegally.

Three suspects were accused of traveling to meet who they thought was a minor, including a Disney employee. Brandon Orr, 28, of Kissimmee was accused of traveling to meet who he thought was a 14-year-old girl and telling her he’d take her to Disney, where he worked as a lifeguard. He was charged with traveling to meet a minor, use of two-way communication device to commit a felony, attempted lewd/lascivious battery on a minor and resisting arrest.

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