Bomb squad investigates device on Disney bus

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say bomb squad members are investigating a suspicious device found under a bus at Walt Disney World.

Orange County Sheriff's Office spokesman Jim Solomons reports that a maintenance worker found the device during a routine inspection Thursday afternoon. His supervisors agreed that the device should not have been there, and called law enforcement. Bomb squad members have not yet identified the device.

Disney spokeswoman Andrea Finger says all bus service at the park has been temporarily suspended as a precaution. Buses will return to operation as they're checked. Finger says checking the buses shouldn't take more than a couple hours. In the mean time, several parks will remain open for an extra hour, and taxi service has been expanded.

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Man found guilty of groping Minnie Mouse at Disney

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A 60-year-old man has been convicted of groping a woman in a Minnie Mouse costume at Walt Disney World.

John William Moyer, of Cressona, Pa., maintains his innocence in the June incident.

He was convicted Tuesday of misdemeanor battery and sentenced to write the victim an apology, serve 180 days probation and complete 50 hours of community service. Moyer must also pay $1,000 in court costs and possibly undergo a mental evaluation.

The victim, Brittney Duncan McGoldrick, says she was doing everything possible to keep Moyer's hands off her breasts.

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Information from: Orlando Sentinel.

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"Granny dumping": Niece drops 96-year old grandmother at shelter, heads for Disney

A North Carolina woman dropped her 96-year old aunt at a Bradenton Salvation Army shelter Sunday night, along with "several bags containing Smith’s medications, urine-soaked clothes and rotten food," and then headed for Walt Disney World, according to the Bradenton Herald.  Officials say the niece could face criminal charges in what they are calling one of the worst local cases of "granny dumping" they'd ever seen.

“To take someone hundreds of miles and just dump them, that’s at the far end of the spectrum,” said M. Ashley Butler of Aging Safely Inc., the elderly woman's emergency temporary guardian.  The woman has been taken to a local hospital for testing and observation.

The niece, whom the newspaper reached by phone in North Carolina, disputes the officials' version of events.  She said she had made prior arrangments with the shelter to leave her aunt there until the elderly woman could be placed in assisted living facility.

According to the newspaper, shelter employees testified at an emergency hearing Wednesday that the niece told them she had no plans to return for the aunt.  “They couldn’t wait to leave, got the bags out of the car as fast as they could and literally pushed her out of the car,” Butler said of the niece, who was traveling with her foster children.

Disney parks stop scans for topless riders

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Disney says it will no longer scan riders on Splash Mountain and three other rides for guests who feel the need to flash their breasts for souvenir photos.

Disney confirmed Tuesday that it has reassigned employees at Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure who watched for breast-baring riders because "actual inappropriate behaviors by guests are rare."

Disneyland spokeswoman Suzi Brown says the changes took effect Sunday at Splash Mountain, Tower of Terror, Space Mountain and California Screamin'.

Riders are photographed on the attractions and can then buy souvenir copies. Some have exposed their breasts in hopes that the picture would make it onto a photo preview screen at the ride's exit.

The company began the screening about 10 years ago.

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We hope he wasn't aiming at mice

Disney World is being sued by a former employee who wanted to bring his gun to work, but maybe the mouse should also worry about customers who bring guns to the theme park. A man preparing to go to a movie with his son at the Downtown Disney shopping area Saturday night somehow shot himself in the leg with a semiautomatic handgun, according to the Orlando Sentinel.