The Brief
- A valet worker at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge was arrested after deputies say he found a guest’s missing checkbook and attempted to cash several checks.
- Investigators say the checks, totaling $1,248, were written without the guest’s knowledge and linked to the employee, who admitted depositing one check.
- The valet company that employed him says he has been fired, and the case is now being handled by the sheriff’s Economic Crimes unit.
A valet employee assigned to a Walt Disney World Resort was recently arrested for allegedly finding a guest’s checkbook and attempting to cash in, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
Mason Reid Henrichsen, who worked as a valet at Disney World’s Animal Kingdom Villages, was arrested and booked into jail under suspicion of grand theft by fraud and forgery of a check, the arrest affidavit said.
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