Editor’s note: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault allegations that some readers may find disturbing.
Seventeen Disney World and Universal Studios employees were among the 281 suspects arrested following a human trafficking and child predator enforcement operation. Several Disney employees even described to undercover investigators the lewd sexual acts that they wanted to perform on underage children.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office in Florida announced Friday that the joint-agency undercover operation took place over seven days. Of the 281 arrests made through the operation, 239 of those arrests were related to soliciting prostitutes, offering to commit prostitution, and aiding/abetting or transporting prostitutes.
Thirty-one of those arrests were related to child sex predators, according to the PCSO. Seventeen of the suspects told undercover detectives that they worked at resorts and theme parks, including Walt Disney World and Universal Studios, and seven of those suspects are believed to be child sex predators.
According to PCSO, one of the theme park employees arrested during the operation, 24-year-old Collin Klaco, told detectives that he used to dress up as Mickey Mouse at Disney World.
In communications with an undercover operative posing as the guardian of a 13-year-old boy, Klaco reportedly said that he loved “wetting accidents, sex, blowjobs, hand jobs, diaper changing time sex, potty training time blowjobs, getting bred, being diapered up, and being diaper changed.”
Another Disney World employee arrested during the operation, 24-year-old Adam Snyder, who said he worked at Toy Story Land, reportedly drove to a location to meet with an undercover detective whom he believed was a 14-year-old boy.
In messages to the undercover detective, Snyder said that he wanted to “make out and cuddle and oral,” according to the PCSO’s press release.
A spokesperson for Universal Destinations & Experiences Communications told The Christian Post that the individuals arrested during the operation are no longer with the company.
The Walt Disney Company did not immediately respond to The Christian Post’s request for comment. This article will be updated if a response is received.
PCSO detectives worked with various local, state and federal law enforcement agencies during the operation including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“It is extremely disturbing when we encounter nasty child predators like these who are very eager to have sex with children. This is why we conduct these types of undercover operations. During this investigation, we arrested 7 predators who work at local theme parks, and a children’s football and cheerleading coach,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a statement.
“This is why it’s critically important that parents continually monitor not only their children’s online activities, but also to know who the adults are in your children’s lives. Keeping children safe is our number one priority, and we appreciate our partnering agencies, without whom we would not be as successful in apprehending these dangerous offenders,” the sheriff continued.
In addition to the theme park and resort employees, the operation resulted in the arrest of 32 illegal immigrants from nine different countries.
During a Friday press conference, Judd said that the 32 illegal aliens arrested came from various countries, including Cuba, Peru, Italy, Venezuela, Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Guatemala and Colombia.
The sheriff said during the press conference that 16 of the suspects in the country illegally had been transferred over to ICE.
Samantha Kamman is a reporter for The Christian Post. She can be reached at: [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter: @Samantha_Kamman
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