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Man In Disney Exposure Out Of Jail

Witness Spotted Man Near 14-Year-Old Girl At Typhoon Lagoon, Deputies Say

POSTED: Sunday, July 12, 2009
UPDATED: 9:19 am EDT July 14, 2009

A man who was arrested on accusations that he exposed himself to a 14-year-old girl Saturday at a Walt Disney World water park and blamed the incident on his European-style bathing suit has bonded out of jail.

Bradford Biggers, 51, of Norwalk, Conn., was arrested following the alleged incident at Typhoon Lagoon. He posted a $2,500 bond on Monday and was released from the Orange County Jail, records show.

According to the Orange County Sheriff's Office, a witness said he saw Biggers position a chair a few feet from the 14-year-old girl and expose himself. The witness said he yelled at Biggers, which apparently scared Biggers, who left the park, the sheriff's office said.

An off-duty deputy stopped Biggers, who has a suspended driver's license, and questioned him about the incident, the sheriff's office said.

Biggers said he did not intentionally expose himself to the girl and blamed his European-style bathing suit, which he claimed was too tight, according to deputies.

He's being held at the Orange County Jail on no bond.

The incident marks the fourth alleged incident involving children and sex acts in recent weeks at Orlando-area water parks, including Typhoon Lagoon, SeaWorld's Aquatica and Wet 'n Wild.

A Wet 'n Wild visitor said she does not feel safe at the park.

"There was a guy in there today with a video camera," the visitor said.

Detectives said there may be no way to keep these crimes from happening, but parents can help keep their children safe.

"If they're with their parents, chances are that this is not going to happen," detective Rich Mankewich said.

All of the attacks have occurred with girls aged 12 to 15 years old.

"Some people are fixated around that age when puberty blossoms," Dr. Allen Grieco said. "There's that quality of innocence that has a certain attraction to people that have pedophilia."

Grieco said busy and loud theme parks can work as a disguise to those preying on children.

Grieco said 80 percent of sexual offenders who are caught and punished will not strike again over a five- to 10-year period, but those who are not caught will often commit more crimes against children.

"They're out there and they look just like everybody else. You cannot tell -- other than most of them are men. Could be any age," Grieco said.

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