Disney World workers among 23 arrested in underage sex sting after being lured to house by police posing as children online
By Simon Tomlinson - The Daily Mail
Three Walt Disney employees were among 23 suspected child sex predators arrested in a week-long police sting launched to coincide with Valentine's Day.
The men brought items including whipped cream-flavored vodka, marijuana and a McDonald's Happy Meal to a vacant house in Clermont, Florida, where they thought they were meeting children as young as 13.
They were lured there by detectives posing as children in online chat rooms as part of an undercover operation dubbed 'Be Mine'.
Three of those arrested - Robert Kingsolver, 49, Patrick Holgerson, 32, and Joel Torres, 32 - were Walt Disney World employees. The nature of their jobs was not known. Police released pictures of Mr Kingslover and Mr Torres.
A spokesman for Disney World said they have been placed on unpaid leave after being charged with various sex crimes, including travelling to meet a minor, it was reported by The Orlando Sentinel.
Others arrested included a National Guard soldier and an Orange County paramedic.
Orlando strip club valet attendant, Alexander Vorobets, is also accused of bringing condoms and a McDonald's Happy Meal for an apparent sexual encounter with a 13-year-old.
Another of the accused, 47-year-old David Griffith, told detectives he had also arranged to meet a seven-year-old for sex in a different county.
Lake County detectives said e-mails between Griffith and the child's mother confirmed the admission.
The child was located and told investigators that her mother had abused her, according to police.
The operation was the third carried out by the cybercrimes unit of the Lake County Sheriff's Office which has arrested more than 100 suspects in recent years.
Sheriff Gary Borders told the Orlando Sentinel: 'They never learn. We'll continue to work these operations and put them in jail.'
The other suspects were identified as Marcos Soto-Rossi, 30; Joey Hughes, 31; Brian Baker, 25; Tyler Edge, 23; Ryan Roach, 25; Paul Samaroo, 31; Troy Allen Dupler, 43; David Penny, 32, who police said is a registered sex offender; Aaron Will, 23; Nasib Jobe, 39; Angel Eduardo Alvarez, 29; Ariel Ovanounou, 20; Belal Shofique, 33; Mathew Dove, 20; David Earl Parker, 43; Adam Michael Jimenez, 25; and Nathan Taylor Sullivan, 22.
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