POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Hundreds of people have been arrested in another “Fool Around and Find Out — Again” operation.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said deputies are doing all they can do to keep these people off the streets.

This operation lasted seven days and in total, Sheriff Grady Judd said 246 people have been arrested. Many of them are repeat offenders.

Hundreds of mugshots lined the walls at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Friday morning.

Judd said out of the 246 arrested, 230 were human trafficking arrests and 16 people were arrested as child sexual predators.

“We arrested 16 travelers, that’s right, they were sexual deviants that thought they were coming to a home to have sex with a child,” Judd said.

Forty-six of the people arrested are in the country illegally, and the majority of those arrested are from the state of Florida, Judd said. The sheriff added that 37 are from his own county.

“You would think, out of all the places, the people in Polk County would understand not to show up since we do this often and we arrest 200 plus every time. It goes to show, even in our country, there are still a few people that live under rocks,” he said.

A common theme officials pointed out was the fact that many of those arrested are repeat offenders.

“I think what’s really significant here is that collectively, all these guys that are being arrested, they combine for over 650 prior charges,” said Attorney General James Uthmeier.

These agencies said they are working hard to get these people off the streets, keep them in jail as long as possible, and their number one priority is to protect children.

“Parents at home need to wake up. In today’s world with technology, evil people are finding new ways to get to your kids. It’s real, this is proof of that,” Uthmeier said.

Judd said the ages of those arrested vary from 18 to 67. He said criminals need to realize that agencies are working together to help take down crime.