McDonalds at Downtown Disney robbed!

skull · Post by **skull** » Sep Tue 08, 2009 8:46 pm

http://www.wftv.com/news/20792631/detail.html

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A bold crook pulled off a robbery in the heart of Orlando's tourism district. Downtown Disney became the scene of a crime as the popular McDonald's restaurant there was robbed and two employees were tied up (see map). The restaurant was closed until around 2:00pm as a result.

The robbery happened Tuesday morning and the crook was still on the loose Tuesday afternoon. The robber came in with a hood and gloves demanding cash.

Just before 7:00am and before the restaurant opened for business, the Orange County Sheriff's Office got a call from a LegoLand employee that they had found the two McDonald's workers tied up.

It's not clear now if a weapon was used, but the workers were not hurt. The hooded man got away with cash and detectives are working to find him and figure out why that McDonald's was targeted.

Disney told Eyewitness News they have an extensive security team with a 24-hour presence, not to mention Orange County sheriff's deputies patrolling throughout the night. Even with that, the robber managed to get in and get out with money.

Disney visitor Teresa Temple chose a different McDonald's Tuesday morning and was glad for that.

"It would be very scary. I've never been involved in anything like that and I wouldn't want to be," she said.

Sheriff investigators did not release the 911 call or surveillance video Tuesday. They also don't have a good description of the suspect.

Post by **Len90** » Sep Wed 09, 2009 1:02 am

Wow that is very shocking. A part of me wonders if this is an inside job. It takes a lot of guts to rob a place, and even more to rob a place that is in a well patrolled and pretty well secured area. It should be interesting to see what comes out of this story.

Soarin08 · Post by **Soarin08** » Sep Thu 10, 2009 4:23 pm

Len90 wrote:Wow that is very shocking. A part of me wonders if this is an inside job. It takes a lot of guts to rob a place, and even more to rob a place that is in a well patrolled and pretty well secured area. It should be interesting to see what comes out of this story.

Agreed on the inside job theory. That's just too convenient.

Jacca5660 · Post by **Jacca5660** » Sep Thu 10, 2009 6:39 pm

Where were the super heroes?? Don't we now have the best security in the world?

hockeygirl · Post by **hockeygirl** » Sep Thu 10, 2009 6:59 pm

Hmmm, something sounds fishy about that. Didn't they hire more security for DTD?

kcookiebaker · Post by **kcookiebaker** » Sep Fri 11, 2009 8:59 am

Is it my imagination or wasn't there a problem with security last year in Downtown Disney? I keep thinking there was a gang problem, but maybe I've been watching too much tv>senior moment.

Smeeisme · Post by **Smeeisme** » Sep Fri 11, 2009 9:56 am

They have had issues there for a couple of years. They created a loitering policy back in '07 to help curb the problem, but with the times, it was bound to happen. Thankfully nobody was hurt and hopefully they'll catch the guy soon.

AVITWeb · Post by **AVITWeb** » Sep Sat 12, 2009 9:55 am

Probably was a gang problem a while back and I would bet that is one of the reasons they ended up closing PI...This certainly sounds a bit fishy to me as well. Inside job would not shock me.