FLA MAN CHARGED FOR TRYING TO ENTER DISNEY WORLD WITH HANDGUN
Orlando FL December 19 2019
A man visiting a Disney theme park near Orlando, who claimed he forgot he had a gun in his backpack, has been charged with a third-degree felony on Monday.
Nathan Polit, from Boynton Beach, was stopped at a security checkpoint at Disney’s Animal Kingdom park at 9:30 a.m (local time) on Sunday after a 9mm Smith and Wesson handgun with eight target-style Luger rounds in it was found in his backpack.
Polit did not have a concealed permit for the gun, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Orlando’s WKMG reports.
Polit claimed he had moved the gun from his vehicle to his backpack because he was worried about a break-in but forgot to take the gun out of his bag before going to the park, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
Police confirmed they were led to believe Polit did not intend to declare that he had a firearm because he joined the “no bag line” at security and would have entered the park with the gun on himself, WKMG reports.
He has been charged for carrying a concealed firearm, which is a third-degree felony, and has been issued a trespass warning from all Walt Disney World properties, police records confirm.
No attorney has been listed for Polit, according to online court records, the Associated Press reports.
Polit never made it beyond the security checkpoint, a spokesperson for Disney confirmed, WKMG reports.
“Firearms, ammunition, knives and weapons of any kind” are prohibited on all Walt Disney Resort properties, the company states on its website.
