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Disney World cold case: Buzzy theft investigation no longer active, police say

John Gregory
04/29/2021
Disney World
The Buzzy theft at Walt Disney World remains unsolved, two and a half years after the animatronic was stolen.

Park notes: BackDoorDisney speaks / Universal CEO talks coronavirus reopening policies

John Gregory
04/23/2020
Disney World, Universal
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

John Gregory
02/04/2020
Disney World
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. 

‘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.

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."

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