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Disney World arrest: A fugitive from New York was caught after a federal inspector spotted him while on vacation in Florida

Ausark  —  Federal official Jeff Andre was vacationing at Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom near Orlando last month when he spotted a man who looked familiar. The man resembled Quashon Burton, 31, who authorities say went on the run in New York City last November after allegedly using fraudulent documents to obtain coronavirus relief aid. A criminal complaint alleged Burton stole the identities of at least four people to get nearly $150,000 in government loans aimed at struggling businesses during the pandemic. Andre was familiar with the suspect. As an inspector with the United States Postal Inspection Service, he was involved in the case and had signed Burton’s arrest warrant. And, in an incredible stroke of luck, the fugitive he’d been looking for in New York appeared to also be vacationing on the same day at the same Florida theme park. Andre sprang into action. Andre alerted Disney World security, who in turn notified the local Orange County Sheriff’s Office. And so began a process that ended with Burton behind bars – all because of the two men’s overlapping vacations at “the happiest place on Earth.” A 2021 criminal complaint – signed by Andre – laid out the details in the case against Burton. Burton was indicted on federal charges last December, including theft of government funds, conspiracy to steal government funds and aggravated identity theft. In its complaint, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York accused him of stealing victims’ identities to receive the fraudulent loans and alleged he attempted to convert some of the funds into postal money orders. Read the full article

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When the Classroom Comes With Room Service and Poolside Cabanas

When the Classroom Comes With Room Service and Poolside Cabanas This summer, Michelle Carucci’s family canceled its annual Jersey Shore vacation because of the pandemic. So when Ms. Carucci, who lives in White Township, N.J., learned that The Great Wolf Lodge, a family-favorite indoor water park in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, was setting up a “schoolhouse” and socially distanced activities this fall, she jumped at the chance to take her youngest child.Gianna Carucci, 11, has all her classes online, and during the mornings of her and her mother’s two-day stay (in the middle of the week, when rates were lower and crowds were smaller), she headed to “Wiley’s Schoolhouse”: a large conference room repurposed to be a socially distanced learning space for children ages 5 and up.Named after the brand’s wolf mascot, each space is equipped with desks that are placed eight to ten feet apart and fitted with plexiglass partitions. Open Monday through Thursday, the room is staffed to help children connect with their schools, provide snacks and lead break-time activities. Reservations are required for the program, which costs $85 per day. All participants must wear masks.It would be “nice to have a few hours to myself while Gianna is in school,” Ms. Carucci, 45, a health and fitness coach, said in an interview before their trip. After classes wrapped up, she and her daughter played at the lodge’s water park together.The coronavirus has left hotels and resorts scrambling for guests as occupancy rates plummeted in the spring. #AmusementandThemeParks #ELearning #Education(K12) #FourSeasonsHotelsLtd #KimptonHotel&ampRestaurantGroup #MuseHotel #Quarantine(LifeandCulture) #Shutdowns(Institutional) #TravelandVacations #TutorsandTutoring #updatesonusnewsonacqro #usnewsacqro #usnewsacqroupdates #usnewsonacqro #usnewsupdates #usanews #WaldorfAstoriaHotelsandResorts Read the full article