Seventeen theme park employees were among 281 people arrested in a law enforcement sting in Florida, according to a CBS News report. The report attributes the figures to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, who spoke about the operation.

According to CBS News, Judd said 13 of those arrested were Disney employees and four were Universal employees. Those two counts together make up the 17 theme park employees cited in the report's headline, and the headline separately gives the overall total of 281 arrests. Both breakdowns come from the sheriff's statements as reported by CBS News.

The CBS News summary describes the arrests as the result of a law enforcement sting but does not detail how the operation was carried out, where it took place, or over what period it ran. It also does not list the charges faced by those arrested and does not name any of the employees.

CBS News did not indicate in its summary whether Disney or Universal has issued a statement about the arrests, or whether the employees involved remain on the payroll of either company. The summary also does not describe the employers or occupations of the remaining people arrested. Neither the headline nor the summary gives a timeline for when the arrests were made.

The CBS News report was published on October 31, 2026. Because the report's headline and summary are the only material available for this account, the figures above are presented as CBS News reported them and have not been separately verified against records from the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

Sources: CBS News: 17 theme park employees among 281 arrested in Florida sting, sheriff says.