Originally Posted By nbodyhome <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/orl-bk-disneyrobbery061307" target="_blank">http://www.orlandosentinel.com /news/local/orange/orl-bk-disneyrobbery061307</a>,0,2381379.story?coll=orl-home-headlines
Originally Posted By AuroraRose wow--not prosecute? if i was abducted and beaten at gun point, i'd prosecute. They withdrew after being asked to take a form of a lie detector test....HMMMMM..wonder if it was a tall tale?
Originally Posted By nbodyhome The news is now saying that Osceola is still working on the case. So we'll see, I really would like to know what did - or didn't - happen.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Twice now I've clicked on the link and gotten "page not available" what am I doing wrong?
Originally Posted By Labuda Make sure you paste the ,0,2381379.story?coll=orl-home-headlines to the end of the link that you get to when the page comes up, bobbe.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Got it, thanks Labuda. I wonder if being from out of state did they just figure it wasn't worth all the hassle of filing charges and a court trial, etc? Or maybe something more interesting like what some of the responses suggested?
Originally Posted By Labuda What I hate is that hearing they backed off they way they did makes me automatically assume they made it up. And, wouldn't whatever ATM machine they were taken to have gotten photos of them and their abductors? Sheesh. Sometimes I forget how jaded I can be.
Originally Posted By Elderp Disney doesn't need the publicity. I wouldn't be surprised if Disney reimbursed the couple for the loss plus a bit more and they give it up. Not that it is Disney's fault in the slightest but if this thing spreads too much it will be bad for downtown Disney. This way it will at the most be a subject of topic for Disney boards for a few days and then the story will die completely. Rather than the alternative, several stories about how the Sheriff hasn't found the theives, thus implying Downtown Disney is an unsafe area.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I tend to agree that it was one of two things - Disney reimbured them to drop all ( part of me says this might not happen even if non disclosures were signed because that story would be worth more to them than the abduction one) - I do believe that they were there with their parents - overspent - and made this baloney up to cover. Not that it couldn't happen there as it surely could - but if one is unwilling to submit to questioning on it, it raises my suspicion level a heck of a lot
Originally Posted By Fe Maiden <<What I hate is that hearing they backed off they way they did makes me automatically assume they made it up.>> That was my reaction too.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<What I hate is that hearing they backed off they way they did makes me automatically assume they made it up.>> As someone who's been the victim of a crime, I can understand why someone might want to just let it go. Why? Because our criminal justice system (much like our healthcare system and on and on) is very broken. Victims are often made to feel like they did something wrong by police and authorities and then dealing with lawyers is always a pleasure. And even if you do that, there's always the risk that somebody will track you down at home and murder you in your bed (like what recently happened here in SoFla when a woman who was robbed at work was killed by someone associated with the thieves). It's not an easy thing ... And, yes, sometimes victims aren't really victims and make stories up .. is that the case here? I don't know. But I don't assume anything in today's world.
Originally Posted By DAR Okay ignoring whether or not this happened. Wouldn't the area around there be filled with people? Aren't the bus stops pretty full?
Originally Posted By nbodyhome Yes, usually DD has been pretty full at that time when I've been (many, many times). Even at 2am in the past, I've not felt uncomfortable.
Originally Posted By kennect If I had been taken against my will, then beaten and thrown out at some unknown place there would be no way in the world I would back off....This story just doesn't make sense....I guess we will never know the true story but to me it really smells.....
Originally Posted By Labuda I'm with you Ken. I hate to admit it, but I'd want to shoot the jerk who shot me if ever I found out who he or she was. And that was 20 years ago!
Originally Posted By kennect Sadly, Disney in Florida has become an easy target for anyone wanting to pull a scam on them...So to sort out the real crimes versus the scams can't be an easy job...
