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   (CNN)A Walt Disney World security guard and janitor at   
   SeaWorld's Discovery Cove were among 18 men arrested in a sex   
   sting dubbed "Operation April's Fools," Polk County, Florida,   
   Sheriff Grady Judd said Tuesday.   
      
   Those arrested responded to online ads from undercover   
   detectives posing as children or custodians of children.   
      
   "Child predators are dangerous and out of control. They prowl   
   the internet for your children -- children as young as 10 years   
   old -- to teach them how to have sex," Judd said. "They arrive   
   with candy and condoms and they leave in handcuffs and a one-way   
   ride to the Polk County Jail."   
      
   The sting, which involved state and central Florida law   
   enforcement agencies, took place from March 29 to April 4.   
      
   A 2014 CNN investigation found that 35 Disney employees as well   
   as two SeaWorld and five Universal employees had been arrested   
   since 2006 for sex crimes involving children, trying to meet a   
   minor for sex or for possession of child pornography. The parks   
   all said at the time they have a zero tolerance policy for such   
   behavior and require all employees to undergo extensive   
   background checks.   
      
   All the alleged crimes occurred outside the theme parks, except   
   for two cases involving possession of child pornography on   
   Disney property. None of the cases involved children or   
   teenagers visiting the parks.   
      
   "Despite our many child predator stings and CNN national   
   investigative reports, there are two theme park employees -- one   
   of which was a security guard and a volunteer football coach at   
   a Christian school, who were among the 18 caught in our most   
   recent sting," Judd said.   
      
   The arrests announced Tuesday include Jeffrey Erich Binder, 26,   
   of Winter Garden, Florida, who works as a security guard at Walt   
   Disney World. A Polk County Sheriff's news release said he   
   "arrived at the undercover location to have sexual intercourse   
   with who he believed was a 14-year-old girl."   
      
   "While chatting online and texting, Binder told the undercover   
   detective he wanted to do 'everything' sexual with her. He   
   purchased and brought condoms to the undercover location," the   
   news release said. He had his Disney security guard uniform in   
   his car when he was arrested, according to the sheriff's office.   
      
   Sheriff's office undercover video   
   Binder was charged with attempted lewd battery, traveling to   
   meet a minor, use of a computer to seduce a child and use of a   
   two-way communication device to commit a felony. His criminal   
   history include one previous misdemeanor arrest for "battery-   
   domestic violence," according to the news release.   
      
   Disney World spokesperson Jacquee Wahler said Binder "has been   
   placed on unpaid leave pending the outcome of the charges" and   
   did not address a question about his prior arrest.   
      
   Court records show he was granted a pretrial release. A plea has   
   not yet been entered.   
      
   Also arrested was 19-year-old Arthur Joseph Nelson, of Orlando,   
   a janitor at SeaWorld Orlando's Discovery Cove theme park.   
      
   Nelson showed up at the undercover location to have sex with who   
   he thought was a 14-year-old girl, the news release said.   
      
   "He sent her pictures of his genitals, and he bought condoms on   
   the way to the undercover location," the release said. "After   
   his arrest, Nelson told detectives he knew the girl was 14 years   
   old, he stopped at WalMart to buy condoms, he chatted with   
   underage girls but this was the first time he has 'done   
   something like this' and he was 'high' and 'horny' and thought   
   it seemed like a good idea," the release said.   
      
   Nelson was charged with use of a two-way communication device to   
   commit a felony, use of a computer to seduce a child, traveling   
   to meet a minor, attempted lewd battery, transmission of harmful   
   materials to a minor and possession of paraphernalia.   
      
   Court records show he was granted a pretrial release and a plea   
   has not been entered.   
      
   Becca Bides, SeaWorld corporate communications director, said,   
   "There is no greater responsibility than protecting the safety   
   of our guests and ambassadors, and we have extensive measures in   
   place including pre-employment criminal background checks and   
   ongoing proactive security measures within our parks. We have   
   zero tolerance for potential safety threats and have taken swift   
   and appropriate action in this case."   
      
   Bides told CNN later on Tuesday that Nelson has been fired.   
      
   Others arrested in the sting include a hospital technician,   
   computer program director, car dealership manager, airline   
   customer service manager and a former Polk County firefighter.   
      
   As of Tuesday afternoon, only one of the suspects had entered a   
   plea. Michael Fernandez pleaded not guilty, according to the   
   Polk County Clerk of Courts website.   
      
   http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/05/us/florida-sex-   
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