Man Accused of Stealing Buzzy's Clothing from Disney World Arrested

[glawio]

Also wanted to commend y'all for going for a Child's Play reference instead of Five Nights at Buzzy's Soooo tired of FNAF

 

[s8film40]

Former Disney employee arrested for stealing $14G in costumes and props from Magic Kingdom

Orlando police arrested a former Walt Disney World employee they say stole $14,000 worth of costumes and props from Magic Kingdom and Epcot.

www.foxnews.com

Former Disney employee allegedly stole $14,000 in park memorabilia

Patrick Allen Spikes, a former Disney employee, was arrested on Friday for stealing $14,000 worth of props and memorabilia from the parks.

finance.yahoo.com

Disney blogger posts photo of robot's decapitated head ahead of arrest

Buzzy, an animatronic boy from an abandoned Disney World attraction, has been missing for months. Online, Disney superfans treated the disappearance like a kidnapping. But the investigation into the theft led police to someone in the online Disney fan world: a Disney blogger who taunted Disney...

www.yahoo.com

Again, the story has been spun quite a bit but it is being reported on. Not saying this confirms or denies anything, you just mentioned no news was actually reporting on it so I wanted to clear it up!

I never said no news, I said no legitimate news site has reported the animatronic stolen. You can bet they all wanted to run with that story, but fell back on what they could confirm which was just the clothing being stolen as the links you provided show.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Until we see actual charges filed, there's no crime. Literally.

No, not literally. An unsolved burglary is still a crime.

 

[MisterPenguin]

No, not literally. An unsolved burglary is still a crime.

So's wearing paisley with plaid, and that hardly ever gets charges filed.

 

[OrlandoRising]

While I’m not disputing this at all I think it is worth noting that that Orlando Rising site isn’t a real legitimate news site, it’s just a theme park news site and seems to be a newer less established one at that. I had never heard of them before it was brought up here. They simply provided a quote with nothing beyond that to back it up. I wouldn’t consider them to be more credible than Hoot although he offered nothing to back up his claim.

I do find it curious that if an animatronic was truly stolen which as we’ve seen seems to be a popular story, that the actual legitimate news organizations haven’t picked up the story.

Sorry to butt in on a WDWMagic thread again, but I saw my site was mentioned and didn't want to let questions go unanswered. Hi, I'm John Gregory, owner and operator of Orlando Rising.

You should be commended about being careful about your news sources. One of the reasons I started writing about Orlando parks is what I see as lax journalistic standards with other Disney blogs (not WDWMagic), as well as how often mainstream sources get some details wrong about Disney and Universal because they're just not familiar with the parks. My goal was to bridge that gap: apply more rigorous journalistic standards to reporting about Orlando theme parks and not insult the diehard fans who know a lot about these places.

Orlando Rising has been around as a general local news site since late 2015. I began writing for it a year ago, and earlier this year, we began focusing entirely on theme park coverage. Hopefully you'll hear more from us in the future. As for me, I'm not a newcomer to journalism in general; I've covered everything from state legislatures to health care to two Stanley Cup Finals over the 8 years of my career. I just happen to love these parks and felt it deserved better coverage than promoting new limited-time cupcakes or unsourced rumors.

I stand by my reporting in this story. I'm not here to say anything negative about Hoot Gibson's comments or guess why other sites or newspapers didn't pursue this angle of the story.

After the Patrick Spikes arrest warrant said that Buzzy "was later stolen from the attraction," separate from the gloves incident, I asked for clarification, specifically asking whether it was just reported stolen due to an internal Disney miscommunication or if it had simply reflected what detectives heard at the time.

Here's a screenshot of the email conversation I had with OCSO on this (I blacked out one employee's direct email address, but left it in the general PR email that's easily accessible on their site). Hopefully being transparent about my reporting process makes you trust Orlando Rising a bit more in the future, but I appreciate it's up to the site to earn that trust with my reporting, not just promises. Thanks and sorry again to WDWMagic for coming on the board to talk about my site.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Sorry to butt in on a WDWMagic thread again, but I saw my site was mentioned and didn't want to let questions go unanswered. Hi, I'm John Gregory, owner and operator of Orlando Rising.

You should be commended about being careful about your news sources. One of the reasons I started writing about Orlando parks is what I see as lax journalistic standards with other Disney blogs (not WDWMagic), as well as how often mainstream sources get some details wrong about Disney and Universal because they're just not familiar with the parks. My goal was to bridge that gap: apply more rigorous journalistic standards to reporting about Orlando theme parks and not insult the diehard fans who know a lot about these places.

Orlando Rising has been around as a general local news site since late 2015. I began writing for it a year ago, and earlier this year, we began focusing entirely on theme park coverage. Hopefully you'll hear more from us in the future. As for me, I'm not a newcomer to journalism in general; I've covered everything from state legislatures to health care to two Stanley Cup Finals over the 8 years of my career. I just happen to love these parks and felt it deserved better coverage than promoting new limited-time cupcakes or unsourced rumors.

I stand by my reporting in this story. I'm not here to say anything negative about Hoot Gibson's comments or guess why other sites or newspapers didn't pursue this angle of the story.

After the Patrick Spikes arrest warrant said that Buzzy "was later stolen from the attraction," separate from the gloves incident, I asked for clarification, specifically asking whether it was just reported stolen due to an internal Disney miscommunication or if it had simply reflected what detectives heard at the time.

Here's a screenshot of the email conversation I had with OCSO on this (I blacked out one employee's direct email address, but left it in the general PR email that's easily accessible on their site). Hopefully being transparent about my reporting process makes you trust Orlando Rising a bit more in the future, but I appreciate it's up to the site to earn that trust with my reporting, not just promises. Thanks and sorry again to WDWMagic for coming on the board to talk about my site.

Thanks for that!

Could you perhaps follow up and ask whether any theft report was filed? And if not, how can they say it was stolen without that?

I mean, they can't say they want to keep it under wraps if they're willing to send out an email saying it was stolen.

 

[s8film40]

Sorry to butt in on a WDWMagic thread again, but I saw my site was mentioned and didn't want to let questions go unanswered. Hi, I'm John Gregory, owner and operator of Orlando Rising.

You should be commended about being careful about your news sources. One of the reasons I started writing about Orlando parks is what I see as lax journalistic standards with other Disney blogs (not WDWMagic), as well as how often mainstream sources get some details wrong about Disney and Universal because they're just not familiar with the parks. My goal was to bridge that gap: apply more rigorous journalistic standards to reporting about Orlando theme parks and not insult the diehard fans who know a lot about these places.

Orlando Rising has been around as a general local news site since late 2015. I began writing for it a year ago, and earlier this year, we began focusing entirely on theme park coverage. Hopefully you'll hear more from us in the future. As for me, I'm not a newcomer to journalism in general; I've covered everything from state legislatures to health care to two Stanley Cup Finals over the 8 years of my career. I just happen to love these parks and felt it deserved better coverage than promoting new limited-time cupcakes or unsourced rumors.

I stand by my reporting in this story. I'm not here to say anything negative about Hoot Gibson's comments or guess why other sites or newspapers didn't pursue this angle of the story.

After the Patrick Spikes arrest warrant said that Buzzy "was later stolen from the attraction," separate from the gloves incident, I asked for clarification, specifically asking whether it was just reported stolen due to an internal Disney miscommunication or if it had simply reflected what detectives heard at the time.

Here's a screenshot of the email conversation I had with OCSO on this (I blacked out one employee's direct email address, but left it in the general PR email that's easily accessible on their site). Hopefully being transparent about my reporting process makes you trust Orlando Rising a bit more in the future, but I appreciate it's up to the site to earn that trust with my reporting, not just promises. Thanks and sorry again to WDWMagic for coming on the board to talk about my site.

Thanks for the extra insight! Yeah like I said in the beginning I’m not necessarily disputing the story, just kind of taking it as it is. Kudos to you for following up. I’m sure there’s still more to come with this story so it’s definitely a wait and see sort of thing and I’m curious to see how this unfolds.

 

[BoarderPhreak]

No, not literally. An unsolved burglary is still a crime.

Joe Rohde could've borrowed Buzzy for some research and forgot to tell his buddies.

A murder without a body is just a missing person (with exceptions).

 

[Goofyernmost]

FTFY

If the glove don't fit.. you must acquit.

 

[My95cobras]

Until we see actual charges filed, there's no crime. Literally.

That’s entirely false. If I punch you in the face and they never Identify me to charge me, there is a crime, just unsolved.

 

[My95cobras]

Joe Rohde could've borrowed Buzzy for some research and forgot to tell his buddies.

A murder without a body is just a missing person (with exceptions).

No it’s not... there have been countless murder convictions and investigations without a body. Your knowledge of law is poor. Just stop.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Joe Rohde could've borrowed Buzzy for some research and forgot to tell his buddies.

A murder without a body is just a missing person (with exceptions).

Lack of evidence and charges are not the same thing. Lack of evidence also does not mean there is no crime.

 

[OrlandoRising]

Thanks for that!

Could you perhaps follow up and ask whether any theft report was filed? And if not, how can they say it was stolen without that?

I mean, they can't say they want to keep it under wraps if they're willing to send out an email saying it was stolen.

In the email, I did ask if OCSO received a report that the entire animatronic was stolen, and if so, when was that report filed and whether the investigation was still active. Also asked for a case number. The answer to all of that was "Yes, the animatronic is stolen. However, that is still a very active investigation and we do not have additional details at this time."

It's typical for police not to divulge many details of investigations that are still considered active, as doing so could potentially hamper the work of their detectives, but it's not unheard of for them to confirm that an investigation exists.

 

[BoarderPhreak]

...Your knowledge of law is poor. Just stop.

Just trolling.

 

[GhostlyGoofy]

In the email, I did ask if OCSO received a report that the entire animatronic was stolen, and if so, when was that report filed and whether the investigation was still active. Also asked for a case number. The answer to all of that was "Yes, the animatronic is stolen. However, that is still a very active investigation and we do not have additional details at this time."

It's typical for police not to divulge many details of investigations that are still considered active, as doing so could potentially hamper the work of their detectives, but it's not unheard of for them to confirm that an investigation exists.

Thanks for your transparency and sharing.

 

[Demarke]

Those were literally just reposts of the same story with wrong info though lol (Face mold being Buzzy’s mutilated head,etc)

It was Buzzy’s face skin, not the mold, Hoot said so!!!

“The face skin that surfaced online was an old skin that was thrown away and replaced as part of routine maintenance years ago. I've seen that exact skin in person and I know who owns it. It was not Buzzy's stolen head like some reports said.”



[Just picking, I do very much appreciate and enjoy Hoot’s past work and current insights, but I’m more compelled by the Orlando Rising reports unless we get something more tangible from the ‘not stolen’ crowd]

 

[Dragonman]

It was Buzzy’s face skin, not the mold, Hoot said so!!!

“The face skin that surfaced online was an old skin that was thrown away and replaced as part of routine maintenance years ago. I've seen that exact skin in person and I know who owns it. It was not Buzzy's stolen head like some reports said.”



[Just picking, I do very much appreciate and enjoy Hoot’s past work and current insights, but I’m more compelled by the Orlando Rising reports unless we get something more tangible from the ‘not stolen’ crowd]

Basically, it’s a mold pull of his face skin. Hence why it doesn’t have any eyes or additional features.

 

[Tom Morrow]

In all sincerity, does Hoot really have that much insider info?

 

[Dragonman]

In all sincerity, does Hoot really have that much insider info?

Yes, he knows a bunch of employees. You can ask him yourself if you want additional info about that or Buzzy.

He also had this to say : “I've been interviewed a few times but I don't think they liked what I had to say. So far no law enforcement folks, or Disney security people have asked me anything.”

Regarding pictures of Buzzy he doesn’t want to get anyone fired. I wouldn’t either so we’ll just have to be patient.

 

[Thelazer]

I think it would be great, if this years Halloween Horror Nights, had someone work a "Buzzy" reference into one of the houses.. BTW