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No jail time for Patrick Spikes, aka BackDoorDisney, in Disney World theft case

02/04/2020

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

John Gregory

01/13/2020

Disney World

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.

NBA’s Robin Lopez involved in saga of a stolen Epcot animatronic

John Gregory

10/28/2019

Disney World

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

John Gregory

10/23/2019

Disney World

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

John Gregory

10/10/2019

Disney World

Patrick Spikes is set to stand trial beginning Oct. 28 on five charges, including that he stole and sold costumes from the Haunted Mansion.

Former Disney World worker pleads not guilty to Haunted Mansion theft

John Gregory

09/05/2019

Disney World

25-year-old Patrick Spikes has been charged with stealing and then selling costumes from Haunted Mansion, as well as entering an off-limits area in Epcot.

Buzzy ‘has not been recovered,’ Orange County Sheriff’s Office says

John Gregory

07/02/2019

Disney World

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) is still investigating the theft of Disney World animatronic Buzzy, despite a source claiming he was never stolen in the first place and remains on Disney property.

Orange County Sheriff’s Office: Disney World animatronic Buzzy ‘is stolen’

John Gregory

05/20/2019

Disney World

After the theft was mentioned in a May 17 arrest warrant, Orange County Sheriff's Office clarified to Orlando Rising that the Buzzy animatronic "is stolen" and the theft remains a "very active investigation."

#FindBuzzy: Police report appears to confirm Epcot animatronic was stolen

John Gregory

05/17/2019

Disney World

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The information was revealed in an arrest warrant for a former Disney employee accused of stealing more than $7,000 worth of clothings, wigs and a tiara from Magic Kingdom's Haunted Mansion.

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