Michale T. Bott Jr.

Date: October 5, 2007
Age: 27
Hometown: Florida
Property Involved:  Disneyworld - Florida
Charge: Meeting Child For Sex
Details:
Michael T. Bott Jr.
Meeting A Child For Sex
October 5, 2007
Michael Bott Junior, 27, a Disney employee, was arrested Friday night. Lake County investigators said the father of four tried to arrange to meet someone, who he believed was a 14 year old girl.

Bott is accused of writing this message to the fictitious girl: “What we are about to do is technically rape because of our ages, but age is nothing but a number.”

The charges include TRAVEL TO MEET MINOR FOR ILL. SEX. CONDUCT
and USE OF COMPUTER SERV. PROHIBITED.

Bott’s arrest is the second for Lake County’s brand new cyber crimes unit. It started just over a month ago. The new unit is an example of the increasing role local authorities are taking in addressing the concern over online predators.

“It’s sad. We’ve been on 10 or 15 minutes and I’ve got three guys already asking about sex,” said one of the cyber crimes detectives as he chatted online.