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NEW: Santa Claus arrested in Florida for trying to meet a 13-year-old for s*x. The man was arrested as part of a sting called "Operation Child Protector VIII" where 19 suspects who were seeking to meet with children were arrested. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said he actually had recently posed for a photo with the man, Thomas Allen Hicks, 68, noting that he was well-respected in the community. Hicks tried paying someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl, which turned out to be a detective, $200 for s*x, saying he "would be gentle." He told detectives that he had been married for 50 years. "Hicks is in marketing for Tri-County Behavioral Health in Polk County, and plays Santa Claus every year at several different events," Judd said. "It's scary because this guy was well-respected in the community."