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Man Accused Of Molesting Girls At Typhoon Lagoon

Posted: 11:54 am EDT July 6, 2009Updated: 6:02 pm EDT July 6, 2009

Orange County deputies arrested a 51-year-old man accused of molesting several young girls at Disney's Typhoon Lagoon. The man is being held on a $5,000 bond. Detectives say he may have touched at least five different girls.

Robert Double Jr. was caught on Disney surveillance cameras allegedly trying to take off girls' bikini tops while they were in the wave pool at Typhoon Lagoon Friday.

Jose Franco took his children to a water park last week and said he's always keeping an eye on them.

"Its sad, it's really bad. It gives parks a bad name, especially because it's a family environment," said Franco.

A 15-year-old girl reported the New York accountant to authorities last Friday. The teen said she was standing in the wave pool and waiting for a wave. When the wave came, Robert Double crashed into her, pulled down her bathing suit and then touched her.

After the teenager reported the incident to Disney security, the officers reviewed tape from Disney's surveillance cameras. While they were reviewing the video, they realized the man had assaulted five young girls.

On several occasions, Double would position himself in front of the girls and then once a wave would come in, he would dive underwater and swim into the females. Authorities said Double would try to take off their tops and touch them while he was underwater.

Detectives tried to track down the other victims and found one other girl, but her father did not want to pursue the matter.

"That can happen anywhere. You can't stop your vacation. Keep track of your kids," said parent Stacy Clemmons.

Disney officials say they do not tolerate that type of behavior and the man was quickly escorted out of the water park; the incident is now a law enforcement matter.

The Typhoon Lagoon case is the third report of a sex crime in a Central Florida theme park in the past month.

A 14-year-old girl said she was sexually assaulted at Wet 'n' Wild during the "Fiesta at San Juan" event three weeks ago. One week later, three girls said a man touched them inappropriately at SeaWorld's Aquatica. Investigators arrested Joshua Fuentes in that case. However, no arrests have been made in the Wet 'n' Wild case.

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