3 Disney workers among 28 arrested for using web to solicit children for ______
Associated Press
Posted April 2 2007, 10:17 AM EDT
ORLANDO -- The Polk County Sheriff's Office arrested and charged 28 men with soliciting ______ from a minor after a weeklong undercover sting.
Of those arrested, three men told authorities they were Disney employees, according to a sheriff's office report.
``We take allegations of this nature seriously,'' Disney spokeswoman Zoraya Suarez said in an e-mail. ``When we receive confirmation of these allegations, we will take appropriate action.''
Sheriff's office spokeswoman Donna Wood said a number of agencies worked together to set up the sting at a Polk County home where the suspects were arrested.
``Using undercover officers, the suspects chatted online with (people) whom they believed to be boy and girls, ages 13 and 14,'' Wood said.
Three men arrested in the sting told authorities they were Disney employees: Julio Segundo, 21, of Orlando; Richard Gaugh, 55, of Ormond Beach; and Thierry Ferron, 43, of Winter Garden. All three have been charged with soliciting a minor via the Internet and attempted lewd battery.
Ferron also was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and receiving computer statements for the purpose of sexual conduct with a child, according to the report.
Gaugh remained in jail on a $100,000 bond. Segundo and Ferron were each being held on a $60,000 bond. It was not known if any of the men had attorneys.
Associated Press
Posted April 2 2007, 10:17 AM EDT
ORLANDO -- The Polk County Sheriff's Office arrested and charged 28 men with soliciting ______ from a minor after a weeklong undercover sting.
Of those arrested, three men told authorities they were Disney employees, according to a sheriff's office report.
``We take allegations of this nature seriously,'' Disney spokeswoman Zoraya Suarez said in an e-mail. ``When we receive confirmation of these allegations, we will take appropriate action.''
Sheriff's office spokeswoman Donna Wood said a number of agencies worked together to set up the sting at a Polk County home where the suspects were arrested.
``Using undercover officers, the suspects chatted online with (people) whom they believed to be boy and girls, ages 13 and 14,'' Wood said.
Three men arrested in the sting told authorities they were Disney employees: Julio Segundo, 21, of Orlando; Richard Gaugh, 55, of Ormond Beach; and Thierry Ferron, 43, of Winter Garden. All three have been charged with soliciting a minor via the Internet and attempted lewd battery.
Ferron also was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and receiving computer statements for the purpose of sexual conduct with a child, according to the report.
Gaugh remained in jail on a $100,000 bond. Segundo and Ferron were each being held on a $60,000 bond. It was not known if any of the men had attorneys.
