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Florida Man Arrested After Posing as Disney World Employee and Stealing ‘Star Wars’ R2-D2 Replica
Complex ^
| July 2, 2022
| Brad Callas
Posted on 07/05/2022 12:51:43 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A Florida man has been arrested after he posed as a Disney World employee and stole a $10,000 replica of the iconic Star Wars character R2-D2.
ABC’s Central Florida affiliate WFTV reports David Emerson Proudfoot, 44, of Kissimmee, was arrested on May 31 after he snatched the droid from Disney World’s Swan Hotel in an attempt to get hired as a security guard at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando.
According to police, Proudfoot was seen by hotel security pushing a cart on the property while wearing an orange work vest and a Disney World name tag. Security guards, who suspected something suspicious was taking place, subsequently escorted Proudfoot to the Yacht Club Resort to retrieve his belongings and driver’s license from the employee lockers, at which point Disney officials called law enforcement.
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KEYWORDS: arrest; disney; disneyworld; espn; floridaman; kissimmee; moreoldnews; orlando; r2d2; theft; worldoflaughter; worldoftears
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
07/05/2022 12:54:45 AM PDT
by
867V309
(Lock Her Up)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Proudfoot, 44, of KissimmeeReally? Is this supposed to be a joke? 😂😀
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posted on
07/05/2022 1:27:09 AM PDT
by
Mark17
(Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
So this genius figured he could get hired as a security guard by demonstrating how slack security was, but instead gets busted by security?
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posted on
07/05/2022 2:02:16 AM PDT
by
Apparatchik
(If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Maybe he was going to do someting kinky to it....Disney would be cool with that.
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posted on
07/05/2022 2:02:23 AM PDT
by
Lockbar
(Hate has no home in my house. It just rents space in my attic.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
He forgot to say, “This is not the fake security guard you are looking for.”
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posted on
07/05/2022 2:12:03 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Good work security. I was testing you and will give you high marks for your alertness.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Q: What’s silver and lies in the grass?
A: R2 doo doo.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Disney . . . hopefully soon it will be a thing of the past.
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posted on
07/05/2022 2:46:04 AM PDT
by
Maudeen
(https://ThereIsHopeInJesus.com)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
“Florida Man Arrested After Posing as Disney World Employee...”
Process of elimination - he was the only ‘employee’ who they couldn’t find on the Groomer-Central site.
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posted on
07/05/2022 3:30:32 AM PDT
by
BobL
(My hatred of Necons/Globalists exceeds my love of Ukraine or any other country, other than the US)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
07/05/2022 4:15:00 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The guy doesnt qualify as a true StarWars fan if he didnt see the original in 1977 as a kid. Proudfoot? This cat a Hobbit or what?
Everard Proudfoot:
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posted on
07/05/2022 4:47:50 AM PDT
by
know.your.why
(If you dont watch the MSM you are uninformed. If you do watch the MSM you are misinformed.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The good news? No children were sexually assaulted by the fake Disney employee.
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posted on
07/05/2022 5:07:05 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
One of the most brazen thefts I’ve ever seen was at a company I worked for in the ‘80s right out of school. Two men pulled up to the lobby in a van and went inside. They told the receptionist that they were their to “pick up the computers for repair”. The receptionist let them in and the two men proceeded to remove computers from the employees desks — some while being used — all in the middle of the day. By the time they left in their van, the men had taken over forty computers.
I would shake those guys’ hands if I ever met them. The audacity of this move was inspiring…
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
If Disney is claiming the R2D2 is worth $10,000, its probably worth $500 anywhere else.
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posted on
07/05/2022 5:55:17 AM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
(When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
07/05/2022 6:00:25 AM PDT
by
Sans-Culotte
(11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
To: know.your.why
... if anybody could use some facial hair.
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posted on
07/05/2022 6:25:20 AM PDT
by
Clutch Martin
("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
To: Lockbar
Maybe he was going to do someting kinky to it....Disney would be cool with that.
Probably just wanted the Princess Leia clip
To: know.your.why
If thats is really the guy...then one of the top ten weird looking guys I’ve ever seen.
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posted on
07/05/2022 7:44:39 AM PDT
by
Lockbar
(Hate has no home in my house. It just rents space in my attic.)
To: Lockbar
He looks like Jabba the Hutt.
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