Sex offender arrested in Six Flags’ water park

Two points: 1) How does a parked vehicle look suspicious? A coverup for checking all license plates?

2) Journalist misrepresenting the facts? "but this case serves as a reminder that child abuse can happen anywhere." There was no abuse in this case; why make such a statement?

4-25-2013 Missouri:

EUREKA, MO (KTVI) – Eureka police are looking for any additional information about a registered sex offender who was arrested this summer at Six Flags amusement park. 64-year old Albert L. Huck of rural Washington County was found near the water park on Sunday of the July 4th weekend. To date, police have no information that he approached any children.

Six Flags management said Huck had been banned from the park because of his criminal record. He was convicted thirty years ago of raping a child and served time in prison. As a consequence he must be listed on Missouri’s Sex Offender Registry.

Lt. Dave Wilson credited Officer Shawn Dulz with running a license plate check on a suspicious looking vehicle parked on a Six Flags lot on Sunday July 6th. That brought up Huck’s name and criminal record. At that point, Six Flags security staff began to look for him inside the park. When he was located, he was arrested.

9 Investigates crackdown on sex offenders inside Disney World

4-25-2013 Florida:

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A six-month-long Eyewitness News investigation has uncovered sweeping background checks at Disney parks in central Florida -- checks targeting registered sex offenders.

Investigative reporter Christopher Heath dug through hundreds of pages of Orange County Sheriff’s Office trespass reports, and they show a consistent pattern of documented sex offenders getting kicked off of Disney properties.

During the last few weeks, Heath spoke to many of the sex offenders trespassed from Disney, including a man named Mike, who is married with two adult children.

Mike, who agreed to talk on the condition that he not be fully identified, said Disney officials clearly told him, “We don’t want you at our park.”

"I didn't realize anything was happening until they wanted to talk to me in private," he said.

Mike's narrative of what happened is the same as those of more than 20 other convicted sex offenders Heath interviewed. All of them were recently trespassed from Disney properties.