New York Fugitive Busted After Vacationing Fed Spots Him at Walt Disney World
Walt Disney World calls itself the “most magical place on Earth,” but one visiting fugitive must’ve felt cursed when his trip to the resort ended in a stroke of mind-blowing bad luck last month.
Quashon Burton, 31, from New York had been on the run from the law since November 2021. United States Postal Inspection Service officers tried to arrest him over an alleged identity theft scheme used to steal around $150,000 of federal COVID loans, but he wasn’t at his Brooklyn home. ...
Federal postal inspector Jeff Andre, who signed the complaint against Burton, wrote that Burton had built a “complex web of identities that made his crimes difficult to investigate.” “He has clearly demonstrated an ability to mask his true identity to evade law enforcement. So too has he demonstrated a willingness to lie about this identity to avoid arrest.”
Fast-forward to Oct. 20 and Andre is on vacation at Disney World in Florida. At around 3:05 p.m. in the resort’s Animal Kingdom, Andre spotted Burton, recognizing the fugitive by a distinctive “H” tattoo on his neck.
Andre then alerted the Orange County Sheriff’s Office that a fugitive was in the park. Security staff at the resort tracked Burton before a deputy arrived to find him waiting at a bus stop outside the Animal Kingdom with two family members ...
The deputy says he ultimately took Burton “to the ground” during the arrest. They added that Burton was charged with resisting an officer without violence over the encounter. Federal documents also state that Burton was visiting the park under a fake name and refused to acknowledge his true identity even even after fingerprints proved he was Quashon Burton.
He was taken to Orange County Jail before being handed into federal custody. ...