WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested more than 200 people, including a former Bucs player, during a nine-day-long undercover investigation focused on human trafficking, child predators and illegal immigration.

That investigation, dubbed “Fool Around and Find Out,” saw 244 suspects arrested on prostitution-related charges and an additional 11 charged with human trafficking and attempting to batter children sexually, the sheriff’s office said in two separate news releases.

Two-hundred and fifty-five people were arrested in total, and four possible human trafficking victims were identified, according to the agency.

In a release, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd stated, “This is the highest number of suspects we’ve ever arrested during a single undercover operation.”

During a press conference on Friday, Judd added that 36 of the suspects were in the U.S. illegally, coming from Venezuela, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, Haiti, Colombia, Guatemala and Brazil.

The youngest suspect arrested during the operation was 17, with the oldest being 70. One of the people arrested was Adarius Taylor, a former NFL linebacker who played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

“The dude made a lot of mistakes,” Judd said Friday. “He not only brought his six-year-old child to the operation, but he left his six-year-old child in the car when he went to do the operation.”

The sheriff added that DCF took possession of the child immediately before notifying the mother. According to jail records, Taylor has been charged with negligent child abuse and soliciting another for prostitution, lewdness or assignation.

At the end of the conference, Judd thanked the numerous agencies that helped the sheriff’s office with their investigation, including the Department of Homeland Security, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, and multiple police departments in Polk County.

“A word to the wise, there’ll be another one,” Judd said. “Fool around and find out.”

The full press conference can be viewed below: