Disney World employee, 40, ‘tried to arrange to have sex with an eight-year-old girl’

Disney World employee, 40, ‘tried to arrange to have sex with an eight-year-old girl by going to an Orlando hotel with condoms and a child’s pink dress’

  • Frederick M. Pohl Jr., who works at Magic Kingdom, has been charged with transferring obscene materials to a minor and attempting to entice a minor
  • Pictures online appear to show Pohl at the park dressed as the character Stitch
  • He thought he was talking to the child and her father, investigators say 
  • But Pohl was actually chatting with an undercover federal agent, officials claim  
  • He is accused of sending explicit photos of himself and arranging the hotel meet

Frederick M. Pohl, Jr. has been charged with transferring obscene materials to a minor and attempting to entice a minor. If convicted he faces a maximum penalty of life in prison

A Disney World employee is accused of trying to arrange to have sex with an eight-year-old girl by going to an Orlando hotel with condoms and a child’s pink dress. 

Frederick M. Pohl Jr., 40, has been charged with transferring obscene materials to a minor and attempting to entice a minor, The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida has announced. 

Pohl, who works at Magic Kingdom and lives in Clermont, is understood to have been in custody since Tuesday.

Pictures online appear to show Pohl at the park dressed as the character Stitch from Lilo & Stitch.  

During a search of  Pohl’s email address investigators are said to have found two pictured of an man believed to be Pohl dressed in a Disney employee outfit, 10News reports.  

Pohl believed he was talking to the child and her father, but he was actually chatting with an undercover federal agent, investigators say. 

He is accused of sending explicit photos of himself and arranging to meet with the child at an Orlando hotel. 

Pohl, who works at Magic Kingdom and lives in Clermont, is understood to have been in custody since Tuesday after he was accused of trying to arrange to have sex with an eight-year-old girl by going to an Orlando hotel with condoms and a child's pink dress

Pohl, who works at Magic Kingdom and lives in Clermont, is understood to have been in custody since Tuesday after he was accused of trying to arrange to have sex with an eight-year-old girl by going to an Orlando hotel with condoms and a child’s pink dress

Pohl believed he was talking to the child and her father but he was actually chatting with an undercover federal agent, investigators say

Pohl believed he was talking to the child and her father but he was actually chatting with an undercover federal agent, investigators say

Pictures online appear to show Pohl at the park dressed as a character from Lilo & Stitch

Pictures online appear to show Pohl at the park dressed as a character from Lilo & Stitch

The complaint states: ‘When Pohl arrived at the hotel, he was arrested. Pohl was found to be in possession of condoms and a child-sized pink dress.’  

If convicted, Pohl, who is said to have secured guests’ lap bars on rides, faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. 

He is understood to have already been investigated in 2007 for ‘attempted exploitation of minor children’. 

DailyMail.com has contacted Disney for comment.  

 

 

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