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Massachusetts Police Detective Arrested at EPCOT For Hitting Sheriff's Deputy After Trying to Get Into Private Event and Threatening Security Guard – WDW News Today
A police detective from Brookline, Massachusetts was arrested at EPCOT on January 30, 2024 after allegedly hitting a sheriff’s deputy who was investigating reports of the detective pushing a security guard.
Police Detective Arrested at EPCOT
According to the report from NBC10 Boston, Detective Duane Arthur Danforth, 38, was off-duty at Walt Disney World when the incident occurred on Tuesday, January 30. Danforth tried to get into a private event in the U.K. Pavilion of EPCOT that day by removing ropes.
Private events at Walt Disney World include everything from corporate get-togethers to weddings. The U.K. Pavilion is a popular location for the latter, but the report did not specify what kind of event Danforth was trying to enter.
A security Cast Member told Danforth he had to go around. Witnesses state Danforth then threatened to kill the Cast Member and pushed past him. Danforth was carrying a child in one arm.
Security Cast Members called in sheriff’s deputies as they searched for Danforth in the crowd of the private event. He ignored the security guards so a sheriff’s deputy reached out to him. Danforth then pushed the deputy.
The deputies then took Danforth into custody. Danforth resisted arrest. Court records described him as belligerent and intoxicated.
In 2021, Danforth was named “Officer of the Year” at the Brookline Police Department. He has been placed on administrative leave since the EPCOT incident. NBC10 Boston could not immediately reach him for comment.
We also recently reported on the Vice President of Hospitality, Sales, and Marketing for Hilton Head’s Sea Pines Resort being arrested and placed on administrative leave for drunkenly hitting a teenage Cast Member at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa.
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Several school districts in Massachusetts have delayed the start of classes for Friday, March 6 because of a mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow.
Take a look below for the full list of school closings and delays.
The list displays all public schools in alphabetical order, followed by private schools and then colleges and universities.
Delays on this page are current as of
A body part was found in a pond in Shirley, Massachusetts and investigators said foul play is suspected.
It was discovered around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday as a group of people were walking along Veterans Memorial Bridge on Shaker Road.
Police said the group noticed something suspicious in the water of Phoenix Pond. The Middlesex District Attorney confirmed that the item was a body part, but would not elaborate.
Police shut down the road and divers could be seen exploring the pond late Wednesday. Authorities were back at the scene Thursday morning.
No other information is available at this point in the investigation.
Phoenix Pond connects to the Catacoonamug Brook, which flows into the Nashua River. It’s also connected to Lake Shirley.
Shirley, Massachusetts is about 44 miles northwest of Boston and around 13 miles from the New Hampshire border.
Human remains were discovered Wednesday in the water in Shirley, Massachusetts, and authorities suspect foul play.
Police in Shirley said in a social media post at 7:15 p.m. that they responded to “a suspicious object in the water near the Maritime Veterans Memorial Bridge on Shaker Road.” Massachusetts State Police later said the object was believed to be human remains.
The bridge crosses Catacoonamug Brook near Phoenix Pond.
The office of Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said a group of young people was walking in the area around 5:30 p.m. and “reported seeing what appeared to be something consistent with a body part in the water.”
Foul play is suspected, Ryan’s office said.
Authorities will continue investigating overnight into Thursday, and an increased police presence is expected in the area.
No further information was immediately available.
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