Craig Long, A Maga Influencer, one of 266 people arrested in a Polk County prostitution racket, Florida together with January 6 Thug Ryan Yates. Sheriff Grady Judd announced the arrests were related to prostitution, human trafficking and child predators, local channel WHMI reported.
“We arrested a total of 266 people,” he said, adding that “approximately 247 of them were involved in human trafficking.” The suspects had a total of “1,028 prior charges,” the sheriff continued, before officers added “439 more.”
“People think, ‘Oh, it’s low-level, it’s not violent’ — and yes, that’s wrong. It’s violent, and it’s dangerous,” Judd said. Here’s everything you need to know about Craig Long.
“Well, I’ll give him some social media content,” Sheriff Judd said of Long’s arrest. “He was once a felon and he turned a new leaf — that’s really what we want to see in life. Now he’s an influential person.” He added, “He moves in big circles. Even around the president,” and shared a photo of Long with President Donald Trump.
They met at a UFC event in Florida. Judd continued, “We like that he likes police. Heck, he likes them so much that he got busted once and got into a fight with the police. He appreciates law enforcement. Well, you get caught in human trafficking. That affects you for a while.”
In addition to Long, another notable arrest was Jan. 6 rioter Ryan Yates. “Well, we’re not going to give him a blanket pardon. He got away with it in the federal system, but not here. He’s here to break the law. We arrested him… He didn’t resist us like he did with the Capitol Police. He knew better,” Judd said of the Capitol Hill rioters, referring to Trump’s pardons for the Jan. 6 rioters.
Yates, 40, is from Holliday, Florida. In 2024, he pleaded guilty to a felony for his actions at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and was sentenced to prison. “His conduct and the conduct of others disrupted a joint session of the United States Congress convened to determine and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election,” the Justice Department filing on him said. notes.
Yates was arrested by the FBI on September 26, 2023, in Tampa Bay, Florida. He was sentenced to six months in prison, three months of home detention, 24 months of supervised release and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution.
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