On Thursday, April 26, 2018, the PCSO Undercover Vice Unit conducted an operation at Saddle Creek Park, Gator Creek Preserve, and Circle B Preserve in unincorporated Polk County, in response to complaints about lewd activity at the parks. Four suspects were arrested for lewd activity:

82-year-old Robert Lee Greene of Silver Lakes Drive East in Lakeland, grabbed an undercover male detective at one of the parks, exposed himself, and solicited the detective to perform a sex act. He was arrested and charged with one count indecent exposure (M-1), one count soliciting another for lewdness (M-1), and two counts battery (M-1). He was issued a trespass from all parks in the county. He remains in the Polk County Jail in lieu of $2,000 bond.

59-year-old Gene Smith, Jr., of Bradbury Road in Haines City, exposed himself to an undercover male detective at a park, and solicited him to perform a sex act. He was arrested and charged with one count indecent exposure (M-1), and one count soliciting another for lewdness (M-1). He was issued a trespass from all parks in the county. He was released from the Polk County Jail after posting $1,000 bond.

26-year-old Clint Stinson of Pleasant Place in Lakeland, solicited an undercover male detective at a park to perform a sex act. He was arrested and charged with one count soliciting another for lewdness (M-1). He was issued a trespass from all parks in the county. He was released from the Polk County Jail after posting $500 bond.

50-year-old James Thames of Citrus Hill Drive in Polk City, solicited an undercover male detective at a park to perform a sex act. He was arrested and charged with one count soliciting another for lewdness (M-1). He was issued a trespass from all parks in the county. He was released from the Polk County Jail after posting $500 bond.