Stolen Disneyland passes ruin vacation, land seller in custody

A Portland woman bought two three-day Disneyland passes advertised on Craigslist. The mother and daughter discovered at the park's front gate that the tickets were stolen.

A Portland woman's vacation with her daughter to Disneyland was ruined in late September when the three-day passes she bought from a San Diego man turned out to be stolen.

Portland police said 39-year-old Michael G. McCrobie allegedly used Craigslist to sell the woman hot three-day Disneyland passes for $150 each. McCrobie was taken into custody Wednesday, Sept. 27, and charged with first-degree theft by deception, felony computer crime and first-degree attempt theft by deception, after he tried to sell more of the stolen passes to undercover officers.

Police said the woman, whose name was not released, bought two three-day Disneyland passes on Sept. 22 that were advertised by McCrobie on Craigslist. The mother and daughter flew to Anaheim Sept. 23, but discovered at the park's front gate that her tickets were stolen. She had to purchase new passes at the Disneyland Resort.

After the woman reported the fraud, detectives contacted the Craigslist seller to set up a meeting. When the man showed up at Southeast Stark Street and 102nd Avenue to sell more stolen three-day passes, detectives took him into custody.

McCrobie told police he had come to Portland from San Diego to be with his girlfriend, who lives in Southeast Portland, and try to find work.

Detectives think there could be more victims who purchased stolen Disneyland passes from McCrobie in the area.