Not to put a damper on the location, but Orlando is a high crime city,
We lived in Orlando for 5 years & finally left when our grocery stores were getting robbed at gunpoint ... during the day We lived in what was considered to be a good area too
Not to put a damper on the location, but Orlando is a high crime city,
Call my cynical but something about this story just doesn't add up for me. Two 20 year old tourists say they were hailed by a guy in a car and went to answer a question. The guy (which was actually a couple guys) pulled a gun on them and threatened them into the car. They drove around to an ATM (where there are cameras), ordered them to use their ATM cards to withdraw money (how much do 20 year olds keep in their bank accounts these days?). Then took them to an isolated landfill, ruffed them up but were startled by their own gun going off allowing the victims to runaway for help to a house.
If you're in a crowded parking lot and someone in a car threatens you, why do you meekly get inside it? A simple shout is enough to attract a lot of attention at midnight in DTD.
Why would criminals targeting tourists go to the trouble of driving them to an ATM and getting them to withdraw cash? Just take what they have in their wallets and not risk getting yourself photographed for police later.
If the criminals were bold enough to drive their victims to an isolated area and beat them up, why go all paranoid when the gun fires?
When you're running away from your kidnappers and are in the middle of nowhere, why do you escape on foot and not go for the car? In a footrace you're more likely to get caught.
We had a young couple here in the city get carjacked in the wrong part of town. They accused them of trying to buy drugs and such. They even got turned away from the first police on the scene. Well they both insisted on blood/urine test and nothing was found in their system.
So just because this type of thing happened could be they were up to no good ,but could also just be that they were naive.
OK, Detective McBrogan, looks like you might be on to something. Check this link out:
http://www.wftv.com/news/13481690/detail.html
Branford police say the young man is a well known drug addict
Well this might change the situation then. However, I would still advise everyone to be very cautious in this area, especially if drug deals are being conducted. You don't want to be near that. Especially since $20 to a drug addict is a huge amount of money.
ITA... I think that some people have a false sense of security at disney. But, it shows that anything can happen anywhere!
The robbery/rape at the Kissimee hotel were a case of people not being savvy travelers. The hotel was not one of Florida's best to begin with and they made the mistake of leaving their doors open. Even if you're just running to get ice -- or talk to your family staying down the hall. NEVER, ever leave your hotel room door unlocked or propped open even for a second. Where there are tourists, there are criminals waiting for the tourists to make mistakes.