Florida Santa Claus being taken into custody
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A Florida man known for portraying Santa Claus was arrested following a week-long sting called Operation Child Protector VIII, said police. The Polk County Sheriff's Office said Thomas Allen Hicks, 68,
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A man known for playing Santa Claus at Polk County Christmas events was one of nearly 20 people arrested during an undercover operation that focused on child predators.
A man who played Santa Claus, Thomas Allen Hicks, at Polk County Christmas events was arrested during an undercover operation – Operation Child Protector VIII.
Thousands and thousands and thousands of children have sat on this guy’s lap thinking he was Santa Claus,” Sheriff Grady Judd remarked, “when in fact what he was was a child sex predator.”