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ArtDeco
05-22-2007, 09:46 AM
From Local6 Orlando. What do you think was wrong with these people? Bad guest! Bad!


Police: 'Spitting' Teen Shocked With Taser At Disney

POSTED: 10:58 pm EDT May 21, 2007
UPDATED: 11:46 pm EDT May 21, 2007

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A teen was shocked with a Taser gun and several others were detained at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom theme park after they attacked officers responding to reports they were spitting at guests, according to police.

A Disney security guard said three teens and two adults who were visiting the Magic Kingdom from Long Island Sunday were spitting at guests and cursing.

When a sheriff's deputy responded, the five are accused of punching and kicking the officer and other security guards at the park.

The deputy said he was forced to use a Taser gun to subdue one of the teens.

All five of the theme park visitors were taken into custody and charged with battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest.

SBETigg
05-22-2007, 09:53 AM
Terrible! I was stuck in the Haunted Mansion with spitting teens and no one tasered them- which was a real shame. They stopped the ride three times and actually came out to speak to them. Three teens, standing up in the buggies, and spitting all around. When the ride stopped they threatened the female CM and ran off.

Ian
05-22-2007, 09:58 AM
There are some things I'd ignore, but this isn't one of them. If I saw them acting that way there would have been an issue.

A really, really big issue.

JPL
05-22-2007, 10:04 AM
Actually they are lucky this didn't become a larger issue than it did. I can picture a huge fight breaking out with other guests I have seen this at a local Six Flags with kids throwing Ketchup packets ate each other hitting another guest a fight breaking out between the groups. It was a giant mess for security.

Juniorunc2001
05-22-2007, 11:32 AM
absolutely horrible!

Sounds like the parents that were with the teens set a real good example for them to follow by doing the same exact immature things.

BigRedDad
05-22-2007, 11:54 AM
That'll fix them. Nothing like being arrested for a felony at the MK. Then going to county jail to wait to be baled out. Since the parents have to go to county, the teens have to sit in local lockup until parents make bail. Then, they have to pay cab fare to get to their resort. If they were on Disney property, I am sure they were thrown out as well. After all is said and done, they will still have to come down for their court dates. If the city and county were smart, they will have them on separate dates.

TheRustyScupper
05-22-2007, 11:59 AM
1) Sounds justified to me.
. . . spitting at other guests
. . . assaults security guards
2) Hope the legal system does its job.

CrazyStitch
05-22-2007, 12:02 PM
I was this posted on WorldNetDaily.com. It just really saddens me that people think they can get away with behavior like this.

But, then, I guess that's what Karma is for :thumbsup:

Scar
05-22-2007, 12:22 PM
I would just like to point out that the article does not say that the 2 adults were parents.

Ian
05-22-2007, 12:48 PM
I would just like to point out that the article does not say that the 2 adults were parents.I'd say it's questionable as to whether or not they were adults.

In age only, it would seem ...

PECOS BILL
05-22-2007, 01:01 PM
LOSERS!!!
I'm with WDWWackey. I wouldn't want to add to the problem but I couldn't stand by and see innocent folks getting treated badly.
Hope the Security Officers are O.K.

WEDTOPIA
05-22-2007, 04:28 PM
Those clods should receive fines ,jail time , and a lifetime banishment from every Disney park in the world. Then ,take them about 1000 miles out into the Pacific and dump them on a deserted island. Wait . What am I thinking ? That's awful harsh. On second thought , make it only 500 miles out....I'm not heartless........

bwgens
05-22-2007, 09:10 PM
I haven't posted here in quite some time, but this topic just makes me angry to no end. I plan at some point within the next five years to move down to FL to work at WDW. This is one of the only things that scares me about working there. Like most, if not all, of you I have an enormous respect for WDW and would never, ever do anything to disrupt the magic, or to damage the property in any way. When I hear of things like this, I wonder if I will be able to maintain my composure while working there if I were witness to this type of behavior. I would be SOOOOO tempted to show punks like this just how much WDW means to me in a somewhat violent manner, which I know would end up with me being in a lot of trouble and probably fired.

:secret:

NJDad
05-23-2007, 06:26 AM
Story made its way into today's NY Post, which you can see on the internets.

States that the oldest man in the group was 19 and that a girlfriend was 20.

No mention of parents.


They were taken to the park's security office, where they allegedly began to threaten the staff, prompting a call to the sheriff's office.

When a deputy arrived, he spotted the oldest man in the group - Brian Guilfoil, 19 - bumping his chest against a security guard and cursing, according to the police report.

As the deputy walked between the two, all hell broke loose. Guilfoil pushed him and the four others jumped on top of him and began punching, cops said.

"I was punched in the face with closed fists several times by all defendants. I defended myself by throwing counterpunches in their faces and bodies in an attempt to break free," the officer wrote in his report.

A deputy then grabbed 17-year-old Nicole Guilfoil - who stands 4-foot-11 and weighs 95 pounds - and forced her to the ground. As he attempted to subdue her, the four others allegedly attacked him, setting her free.

She then punched the cop again, forcing him to blast her with the stun gun, the report stated.

After that, the others were subdued and arrested. Brian Guilfoil and his girlfriend, Rose DiPietro, 20, were charged with battery against a police officer and resisting arrest. They were released on Monday on $2,300 bond.

DisneyMom12
05-23-2007, 07:33 AM
I just saw the story on my local news. I am shocked that people could behave in such a way at such a happy, peaceful, magical place like MK. Disgusting, they are animals.

brad192
05-23-2007, 12:48 PM
Let's see...

Assault on Disney Guests.:shake:
Assault on Disney personnel.:angry:
Assault on a police officer.:jaw:

Bet their next "vacation" will be at a place where the phrase "Have A Magical Day" will take on a whole new meaning for them...:thedolls:

magicman
05-23-2007, 02:42 PM
Another item (and there are many) that bothers me about this incident is the headlines. Many newspapers' headlines imply some kind of "Gestapo Disney". They use phrases like "Teen Tasered At Disney (Don't Mess With Mickey" and "Children Arrested For Spitting". I don't understand why the articles should be slanted away from the real issue which is that THESE teens/young adults were behaving like hooligans & got arrested.

ArtDeco
05-23-2007, 03:47 PM
2300 bucks?! They dogpiled a sheriff's deputy and got bail for 2300 bucks?! Surely they meant 2300 bucks EACH.

Wow. Sounds lenient.

Disney Doll
05-23-2007, 03:59 PM
I agree with Magicman. The first thing I noticed was the title: "Spitting Teen Shocked with Taser at Disney." Very misleading. I think the real issue was the resisting arrest and assault not the spitting. Got to love that media spin. :shake:

rsumrall
05-23-2007, 05:24 PM
Where are the Incredibles when you need them?!?!

Does Disney enforce a lifetime ban or anything like that? These guys certainly deserve it!

autumn
05-23-2007, 06:51 PM
what's weird to me is that people like this had the desire and paid to go to disney world. i would think that most people who have forked over that much to either buy tickets or an annual pass would not hate the experience so much they would resort to hurting people. like, that behavior is obviously lame, but if you really felt you had to be a jerk, go do it on the street or at a bar, where it's free for you, at least. :confused:

Ian
05-23-2007, 08:07 PM
I agree with Magicman. The first thing I noticed was the title: "Spitting Teen Shocked with Taser at Disney." Very misleading. I think the real issue was the resisting arrest and assault not the spitting. Got to love that media spin. :shake:Typical of today's media ... there's no "angle" on the real story (i.e. a bunch of people acting like animals) because it happens every day in every city and town in the U.S. Behavior like this, by itself, isn't newsworthy.

So you throw in this "big, bad Mickey police" garbage to sell papers and grab page hits. It stinks, but that's the way today's media runs. It's all about finding the lowest common denominator to sell papers.

Check this out ... I got a call yesterday from a reporter asking to interview me for a story he's doing on a firm I do business with (apparently they gave him my name as someone good to talk to).

So he asked me why we use them, what's good about them, etc. and I proceeded to explain how they were all good people, who really cared about the folks that worked for them, and who always did the right thing the right way.

You know what he said?? "Well ... there's really no story in that. I almost wish you told me they kill kids or something."

I was like, "WHAT????!!!" but he's like, "Well you know what I mean. No one wants to read about people who always do the right thing." and then he basically thanks me and hangs up!!??

Yikes ... is that really what the media thinks of us???

ccp1
05-23-2007, 09:17 PM
I don't see why Disney couldn't do a lifetime ban. They do it at baseball and football stadiums for people who throw things on the field and endanger the players.

I hope the court throws the book at them.

TheFoo
05-24-2007, 10:16 AM
On behalf of the rest of Long Island, we apologize and completely disavow the actions of these hoodlums...:blush:

:mickey:

grumpyguy
05-24-2007, 10:36 AM
There are some things I'd ignore, but this isn't one of them. If I saw them acting that way there would have been an issue.

A really, really big issue.

i will admit i have played "park patrol" on an occasion or two..once at rnrc with kids spitting
on other guests and once while waiting for wishes to start and non-english speaking guests trying to budge in front of me.that's not happenin..all the while i just want to be a kid and instances make me be adult!!!
i think it's examples of folks taking their wdw visit for granted.:mad:
the good outways the bad,gg out!!

GrumpyFan
05-24-2007, 11:15 AM
:mad: Ooooh!!! :mad:

Reading about this just makes me furious! I'm with WDWacky, I would've been very tempted to "intervene" if I saw this happening! There's just no excuse for it.

Embarassingly, I have to admit, that as a teen, while visiting Six Flags over Georgia, my younger brother and I were chastised and banned from riding Freefall because we were spitting. Mind you, we weren't spitting at anybody, or in the direction of anybody, just out in the air to watch it fall (honestly). Regardless, I was embarassed when they caught us and even more so now. But, we both apologised and admitted we were doing something we shouldn't have been doing and accepted our "punishment".

Question: What do you think their punishment will be, and what do you think it should be?

If I had to guess, I would say that they will probably be fined $500 - $1000, or made to do community service for 8-16 hours. I think making them do community service, picking up trash around the roads at WDW or on I-drive for a day or two might just be suitable. Or, better yet, maybe cleaning windows in the parks in the middle of the night. Or, maybe scraping gum from under benches and odd places would be good as well.

Jeff G
05-24-2007, 12:02 PM
THis whole situation is disheartening. I don't understand why anyone would go to a family place and spit on other guests. Talk about gross, mean spirited and demeening.

I think it's fortunate that nothing worse came of the whole situation, I'm sure there are enough people out there if spit on would have confronted this group of hodlums(myself included). Based on what happened with the security and cops I would guess these kids would have had no problem fighting another guest as well.

I hope the court makes examples of this group with a suitable sentence.

Thank God this is only an abberation and doesn't happen everyday.

sly1
05-24-2007, 01:48 PM
To bad a nearby guest didn't have pepper spray. That would have gotten their attention. We had some thugs break in line in front of us at six flags one time and then wanted to run their mouths for 30 minutes until we got to the ride. I managed to maintain my composure until we got to the staging area and I then told the employees running the ride what happened. Others in line joined in and backed me up as well. What really aggravates me is although they didn't allow them to ride security did not throw them out of the park. We ended up seeing them again later that day and had words but I was trying not to ruin the day for everybody with me. I have never been back to six flags since and won't until I get an apology, refund and six flags admits they should have escorted them off the property.
Anyway, what I am getting to is, ever since that episode we all carry pepper spray with us to any public type park or event. If it happens again it will be a very short and quick incident. I will not ever be treated that way again.:thumbsup:

Marker
05-24-2007, 02:28 PM
Typical of today's media ... there's no "angle" on the real story (i.e. a bunch of people acting like animals) because it happens every day in every city and town in the U.S. Behavior like this, by itself, isn't newsworthy.

Sad, isn't it?


Yikes ... is that really what the media thinks of us???

I'd have to say yes, that's what they think of us. They go with what sells. But, is it their fault for putting it out there, or our fault for buying it in the first place?

gueli
05-25-2007, 10:39 AM
A Few points:
1) Apparently they were all drunk (at least according to a local article (Newsday, Long island)
2) The assault on the police officer should get some type of major punishment (i did say should)
3) The disrespect for anyone but themselves is horrible.
4) I would hope that disney would ban them... Again their disrespect is paramount (at least for a number of years)
5) They should recieve Jail Time (Youth offender status), Community service & a hefty fine. This might teach them something about respect.
6) The older kids (Punks) were apparently 19-20ish...Who Gave them the Alcohol ???

I hate people like this, it is a reason NY gets such a bad rap...a few bad apples...
Quote:
TheFoo 'On behalf of the rest of Long Island, we apologize and completely disavow the actions of these hoodlums...'
I agree. It is sad that Brian Guilfoil, 19 & Rose DiPietro, 20 & Nicole Guilfoil ,17, are what people will think of us Long Islanders.:mad:

Please remember, New yorkers are better people than that...:mickey:

Stickey
05-25-2007, 04:17 PM
The actions of these dirtbags is not a reflection of NY, or 14-20 year olds. They are a bad lot and must be dealt with in a severe manner. :mad:
There can be no tolerance of these multiple criminal acts. Disney needs to make examples out of this group.

SallyP
05-25-2007, 05:45 PM
To bad a nearby guest didn't have pepper spray. That would have gotten their attention.....Anyway, what I am getting to is, ever since that episode we all carry pepper spray with us to any public type park or event. If it happens again it will be a very short and quick incident. I will not ever be treated that way again.:thumbsup:

I have a question about the use of pepper spray in a case like this: Could the user of the pepper spray be charged with assault? If the other people actually spit on you on purpose (and you had witnesses) I suppose the pepper spray could be seen as a type of defense. But if someone just cut in line and was being obnoxious could you use pepper spray without legal ramifications?

Victor Kelly
05-26-2007, 11:28 AM
Self defense would only be justified if they posed an immenant(sp) danger to yourself or others. Say if one of them would have thrown a punch and you stepped in to defend the other person. Or if you stopped them from leaving after said incident. As a private citizen you can only do a citizens arrest for a felony commited in your presence and you can only hold them until authorities arrive.

Any use of pepper spray, physical force, firearms, knives for anything other than self defense or defense of others without the immenant danger would constitute assault and battery.

Also consider something other than pepperspray. Consider hair spray instead. You or anyone around you will be less likely to have any adverse reaction and cross contamination in a confined space. And hairspray hurts like all heck when gotten in the eyes.

One more thing to remember, use only the force that is reasonably necessary when in a confrontation. As a concealed weapons holder, I have several options for defense available. Your response must be a measured response. And please if you cannot handle yourself in a physical situation or confrontation, you are best served by calling 911 and then being a wtiness.

As this situation shows, even trained people like security and police can have a hard go when outnumbered, or even out classed.

Do not stand by. React, but do so as your experience dictates. 911 is still the answer for 99% of the people out there. And you will be helping if only you pick up your phone.

Aurora
05-26-2007, 07:39 PM
Yikes ... is that really what the media thinks of us???

As a former reporter and journalist, no, that is not what most ETHICAL journalists think of readers/listeners. If there is a conflict, yes, it should be reported, but you don't make it up. And I wonder what this reporter's agenda was. Obviously he didn't do his homework if he thought or hoped you were going to say something negative.

Just like bad park guests, reporters and headlines like this give journalists who take their profession seriously a bad name.

iceicebritney
05-26-2007, 08:14 PM
finally someone is doing something about the rude children!
keep up the good work disney police:mickey:

Sean Riley Taylor's Mom
05-26-2007, 09:35 PM
:thumbsup:


I hate people like this, it is a reason NY gets such a bad rap...a few bad apples...
Quote:
TheFoo 'On behalf of the rest of Long Island, we apologize and completely disavow the actions of these hoodlums...'
I agree. It is sad that Brian Guilfoil, 19 & Rose DiPietro, 20 & Nicole Guilfoil ,17, are what people will think of us Long Islanders.:mad:

Please remember, New yorkers are better people than that...:mickey:


When I read that they were from LI, I cringed!! There are a lot of really good people in NY and on LI. :thumbsup:

TheRustyScupper
05-26-2007, 09:35 PM
. . . finally someone is doing something about the rude children! . . .

Now, if they would only do something about
. . . line jumpers
. . . smokers in the parks
. . . terrible coffee
. . . tv reality shows
. . . park crowds
. . . brittany spears' lip-syncing
. . . the war in iraq
. . . inflation
. . . donald trump's swept-over hair

Victor Kelly
05-27-2007, 11:23 AM
Now, if they would only do something about
. . . line jumpers
. . . smokers in the parks
. . . terrible coffee
. . . tv reality shows
. . . park crowds
. . . brittany spears' lip-syncing
. . . the war in iraq
. . . inflation
. . . donald trump's swept-over hair


Sheesh you don't want much do ya:cool::mjump:

But I do agree with ya ;)

NotaGeek
05-28-2007, 07:11 AM
I agree with Magicman. The first thing I noticed was the title: "Spitting Teen Shocked with Taser at Disney." Very misleading. I think the real issue was the resisting arrest and assault not the spitting. Got to love that media spin. :shake:

:ack: SPIN. You weren't watching Fox news by chance were you? That's what news shows do to get more viewers ... spin is the death of unbiased news reporting in the USA.

And, these people must have been crazy or on drugs -- so unbelievable. WOW.

ArtDeco
06-01-2007, 11:47 AM
Embarassingly, I have to admit, that as a teen, while visiting Six Flags over Georgia, my younger brother and I were chastised and banned from riding Freefall

Grumpyfan, I was a Freefall hoodlum too, but I only threw pennies, and as I remember they came back and hit us in the face at the bottom of the ride. Why would you spit?! hehe!!

gueli
06-02-2007, 05:32 AM
NotaGeek:"And, these people must have been crazy or on drugs -- so unbelievable. WOW."

they were on at least 1 drug - alcohol.

my question remains - who gave it to them they were all under age...:rant:

dolphinmickey9170
06-03-2007, 04:21 PM
Talk about ruining the magic. What about the young, impressionable children that witnessed this? I feel for them. Hopefully parents were quick to explain how this behavior is unacceptable. Tough way to learn these lesson in life.

garymacd
06-05-2007, 01:17 PM
A Few points:
1) Apparently they were all drunk (at least according to a local article (Newsday, Long island)
2) The assault on the police officer should get some type of major punishment (i did say should)
3) The disrespect for anyone but themselves is horrible.
4) I would hope that disney would ban them... Again their disrespect is paramount (at least for a number of years)
5) They should recieve Jail Time (Youth offender status), Community service & a hefty fine. This might teach them something about respect.
6) The older kids (Punks) were apparently 19-20ish...Who Gave them the Alcohol ???

I hate people like this, it is a reason NY gets such a bad rap...a few bad apples...
Quote:
TheFoo 'On behalf of the rest of Long Island, we apologize and completely disavow the actions of these hoodlums...'
I agree. It is sad that Brian Guilfoil, 19 & Rose DiPietro, 20 & Nicole Guilfoil ,17, are what people will think of us Long Islanders.:mad:

Please remember, New yorkers are better people than that...:mickey:

I just got back from a trip to WDW, which was topped off with 4 days in NYC - Manhattan to be exact. While the area we were in was busy and crowded (Times Square) never was I abused, threatened or even scared. I found the people to be some of the friendliest people anywhere, especially when you get them off the street and into their natural environment - taxis drivers and airline terminal agents may be excluded from this.

As everyone says, there are bad apples everywhere, even in the Big Apple. I just didn't meet any.

Stich8818
06-16-2007, 11:17 AM
I guess my biggest thing is...WHY? Why act like that? Why have that much disprespect an authority figure? Why the spitting? It's just a sad thing to read these kind of reports and to think that it happend at The Happiest Pace on Earth is just really,really sad. I wonder if they will ever be allowed back in the parks?....Im sure they will have a easy time explaining to their future children why they cannot go to Disney.