Lakeland, Fla.-(Newsradio 970 WFLA)-The Polk County Sheriff's Office Undercover Vice Unit conducted an operation at Saddle Creek Park and Gator Creek Preserve after complaints of lewd activity at these parks. Three men were arrested in the effort.
75-year-old Kenneth Davis of Bartow, exposed himself to a male undercover PCSO detective at Saddle Creek Park in Lakeland, and solicited the detective to perform a lewd act. He told detectives he's been married for 40 years. Davis was arrested and charged with one count indecent exposure and one count soliciting another to commit lewdness.
66-year-old Ervin Mulligan of Lakeland, exposed himself to a male undercover PCSO detective at Gator Creek Preserve in Lakeland, and solicited the detective to perform a lewd act. Mulligan was arrested at Saddle Creek Park during a similar undercover operation in 2010. Mulligan, who has been married for 12 years, was arrested and charged with one count indecent exposure, one count soliciting another to commit lewdness and one count trespassing.
70-year-old Robert Ross of North Carolina, solicited a male undercover PCSO detective to perform a lewd act, and grabbed the detective against the detective's will at Saddle Creek Park in Lakeland. Ross was arrested and charged with one count battery and one count soliciting another to commit lewdness. He told detectives he's been married for 12 years.
Photos courtesy Polk County Sheriff's Office