Disney World cold case: Buzzy theft investigation no longer active, police say
The Buzzy theft at Walt Disney World remains unsolved, two and a half years after the animatronic was stolen.
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In an interview with The Orlando Sentinel, the man charged with stealing and selling items from Disney World denied stealing the Buzzy animatronic.
No jail time for Patrick Spikes, aka BackDoorDisney, in Disney World theft case
Spikes had been charged with five felony counts, including dealing in stolen property and grand theft, but prosecutors abandoned all but the stolen property count, to which Spikes pleaded no contest.
Trial canceled for alleged Disney World thief; Buzzy theft still unsolved
Scheduled to begin Jan. 21, the trial is now listed as cancelled on the Orange County Clerk of Courts website. The only upcoming proceeding in the case is a plea hearing scheduled for Feb. 4.
5 most popular Disney World news stories on Orlando Rising in 2019
Our most popular Disney World news stories in 2019 included coverage of a stolen Epcot animatronic and a news site's "war" with Disney.
#FindBuzzy: Disney waited a week to report Epcot animatronic theft to police
Responding to a public records request from Orlando Rising, police released the original Nov. 2018 report on the theft of Buzzy, the animatronic star of Epcot's shuttered "Cranium Command" show.
NBA’s Robin Lopez involved in saga of a stolen Epcot animatronic
According to police records obtained by Sentinel, Lopez was in possession of clothes taken off Buzzy, the animatronic star of the long-shuttered Cranium Command attraction at Epcot.
‘Disney doesn’t have it’: Police asked alleged thief about missing Buzzy animatronic
Newly-released video shows Orange County detectives asking alleged Disney World thief Patrick Spikes about the Buzzy theft.
UPDATED: Alleged Disney World thief has one charge dismissed as trial date nears
Patrick Spikes is set to stand trial beginning Oct. 28 on five charges, including that he stole and sold costumes from the Haunted Mansion.