Disney World worker reeled after texting an undercover cop posing as a girl

Detectives participating in Operation Child Protector II posed as girls between the ages of 13 and 15 to catch the perverts in Florida, including the Walt Disney World worker

A Disney World actor has been arrested by police in a nationwide covert operation after he sent a police officer a nude picture of himself posing as a 15-year-old girl.

Zachary Hudson, 30, sent several explicit messages and photos to someone he believed was a minor.

During the operation, nicknamed Child Protector II, Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives posed as children between the ages of 13 and 15 on social media, apps and online dating sites.

Four of the 12 who were eventually caught traveled to meet what they believed were children for sex, while the other eight were arrested for broadcasting explicit content.

Among them was Hudson, who was employed as a bus driver at the Florida theme park.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a news conference, “If your bus was late at Disney,[Hudson]would be busy taking pictures of himself and talking to what he thought was a little girl. “

A press release said: “On June 4-5, Hudson had an online conversation with an undercover detective posing as a 15-year-old girl.

“The detective asked Hudson if he was okay with her being 15 and he replied that he was as long as ‘you don’t mind that I’m older,’ and later told her that ‘age is just a number’.

“The conversation shifted to text messages where he described the things he wanted to do to her sexually and told her he would be ‘honored’ to take her virginity.

“He told the girl and the detectives after his arrest that he was employed by Walt Disney World as a bus driver. He sent her a nude picture of himself.

“Hudson then showed up to meet the girl while still in his costume.”

He faces charges of one count of using a two-way communication device to commit a crime and one count of transmitting material harmful to minors.

Overall, the 12 suspects are confronted with a total of 49 crimes between the ages of 20 and 67.

Of the four suspects who arrived, one brought condoms, another had a criminal history and two admitted to being married.

A sheriff’s office spokesman said: “Starting June 2, 2022, detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, the Auburndale Police Department and the Winter Haven Police Department conducted a two-week covert operation called ‘Operation Child Protector II,’ during which the detectives as children spent on social media platforms, mobile apps and online dating sites to investigate those who prey on children for unlawful sexual activity and travel to meet them.

“The suspects communicated online with those they thought were children and solicited them to do so.

“Four suspects showed up at different times at an undercover location in Polk County to meet with people they believed to be children in order to sexually assault them. “Detectives obtained warrants for eight other suspects, who were arrested and taken to jails in their respective counties.

“Other suspects have been charged on arrest warrants after submitting pornographic images and/or nurturing and recruiting the children online.

“They are still at large in Florida and detectives are actively looking for them.