News story from the Swan...

[CelebrationNM]

Pretty scary story. :(

I saw it on CNN.com, but its from this source: http://www3.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO50981/

Just to remind us all about being vigilant out there!
Nick

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New Hampshire boy turns in suspected child predator while on family trip
ORLANDO -- Police say a New Hampshire boy helped stop an alarming crime during his Disney vacation.

"The beginning was pretty good, until we ran into this little, big bump," said 11-year-old David of his vacation.

David says he first came in contact with William Bishop, 57, when the convicted sex offender started acting odd around his sister by the Swan Hotel's pool on the property of Walt Disney World.

"[Bishop] was asking my sister weird question like, 'Where are your Mom and Dad?' and 'Do you know where you are, and do they know that you're going on the slide? Can you point them... out to me?' When I see something really suspicious like that, like a molester, I want to keep a close eye on him. I want to make sure he is not getting my sister or little kids," said David.

The boy told his dad, and they watched Bishop.

A half hour later, police say David caught Bishop molesting another girl near the hotel pool.

"I saw behind the bushes, he was rubbing her private area," said David. "I ran back down and told my dad they were behind the bushes."

The boy's dad got involved, and four lifeguards held Bishop until police arrived.

Investigators say when Bishop was caught, he had a small video camera under his shirt and was taping the alleged assault.

Police found more videotapes at Bishop's home and a pistol in his car.

They later learned Bishop has a 40-year history of arrests. He remains locked up behind bars in Florida.

"There is something wrong with the system that a guy like this is walking around free," said David's dad, Dave.

Florida police have asked the media not to identify where the family is from in New Hampshire over concerns that Bishop may decide to seek revenge should he ever be released from custody.

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[mechurchlady]

http://lostinlimaohio.blogspot.com/2007 ... ishop.html

He is 61 years old and had a camera to video tape his actions.
Another site said that the Sheriff's Office says one of Bishop's previous arrests was by Orlando Police on charges of Lewd and Lascivious Acts on a minor. The date of the arrest was September 1989.
Then they add that he had a record going back to the 60s, including bank robbery and lewd conduct on a child.

They think that he was doing this in area hotels for days and he kept on his chest a small recorder to video tape his acts. Disney is saying that technically the Swan is not a Disney property.


Now I am disgusted and mad.

[hobie16]

...Sex Offender!

http://www3.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO50981/

[JugglingFreak]

They think that he was doing this in area hotels for days and he kept on his chest a small recorder to video tape his acts. Disney is saying that technically the Swan is not a Disney property.


Now I am disgusted and mad.

The Swolphin isn't a Disney Property. Tishman Realty & Construction Corporation and MetLife own the Swan and Dolphin, and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide manages them.

You apply for employment directly at the Dolphin, not through Disney..

[Big Wallaby]

Then, there are some who will blame Disney for this. As though they could do ANYTHING to stop him from coming on property until they knew he was there. When you have 30,000 rooms, fairly easy access to the hotels, it's hard to regulate a sicko coming on property. Bonus that he was at the Swan. But SOMEONE is going to blame Disney.

Kudos to David and the lifeguards. I wish all 11-year-old kids were as observant and wary as he was. I mean, they shouldn't NEED to be, but the do.

[ktulu]

If that was my little girl they would be pulling his remains out of the closest gator I could find.