SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A prostitution sting ended with the arrests of three men — including a Board of Trustees member at the University of Central Florida and an employee with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, according to investigators.
In several arrest reports, deputies said they performed an undercover operation at two Seminole County parks on Thursday: Liberty Park in Lake Mary and Sandlando Park in Altamonte Springs.
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“This operation was about repeated issues regarding people exposing their sexual organs and conducting lewd and indecent acts at the park,” one report reads.
Using the application “Sniffies” — defined as a “map-based hookup web app for gay, bisexual and bicurious men” — undercover agents messaged suspects who agreed to show up to the parks for sexual favors, the reports show.
The suspects arrested during this operation were as follows:
- Harold Mills, 53 — Arrested at Sandlando Park in Altamonte Springs
- Jairo Areis, 39 — Arrested at Liberty Park in Lake Mary
- Leroy Green, 35 — Arrested at Liberty Park in Lake Mary
Mills serves as a board member at UCF, Guidewell, Florida Blue, Rollins College, LIFT Orlando and the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center, according to UCF officials.
Deputies said Mills had exposed his genitals to one of the undercover agents when they stood at the open window of his driver door in the park.
After asking for sexual favors, Mills was placed in handcuffs, though he claimed that he “was simply clearing his mind” by visiting the park, the report says.
Areis was also arrested after reportedly showing his genitals to an undercover agent under the pavilion at Liberty Park, deputies added.
Meanwhile, Green — an employee at the SCSO — was caught exposing his genitals and asking an undercover agent to perform sexual favors on him, according to detectives.
Green has since resigned from his position, the sheriff’s office announced.
“We will let the documents speak for themselves,” an SCSO spokesperson told News 6.
Mills faces charges of indecent exposure and agreeing to secure a prostitute. He is held on bond of $1,250.
Areis faces charges of exposure of sexual organs and soliciting lewdness. He is held on bond of $1,500.
Green faces charges of exposure of sexual organs and soliciting prostitution. He is held on bond of $1,500.
News 6 has reached out to UCF for a statement and is awaiting a response.
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