Today, federal prosecutors announced an employee at Walt Disney World in Orlando has been arrested and charged for allegedly attempting to arrange a sexual encounter with an 8-year-old girl.
Federal authorities arrested 40-year-old Frederick M. Pohl, Jr., on charges of transferring obscene materials to a minor and attempting to entice a minor.
Investigators said Pohl worked at a theme park, and part of his duties was to help secure guests’ lap bars if they appeared unsecured.
Authorities said Pohl began chatting online with an undercover federal agent posing as an eight-year-old girl. During the conversations, Pohl sent explicit photos of himself and arranged to meet with the girl in Orlando at a hotel.
According to a criminal complaint, Pohl communicated online with and tried to arrange to have sex with the 8-year-old girl. Investigators said Pohl believed he was talking with the child and her father, but he was actually talking with an undercover federal agent.
“When Pohl arrived at the hotel, he was arrested.” Pohl was previously probed by Homeland Security investigators in 2007 for “attempted exploitation of minor children.”
Pohl, of Clermont, faces up to life in federal prison if convicted.