NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY ACT OF 2004 (S. 2154) Why this bill is important: This bipartisan bill seeks to fill a gaping hole...
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LA PALMA – A 13-year-old girl on her way to school was forced into a van Monday by a man wearing a hockey-style plastic face mask, but he pushed her back out after seeing a patrol car nearby, police said. The girl was walking alone on Park Circle West just off La Palma...
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By CINDY CLAYTON, The Virginian-Pilot© February 4, 2005 ================ CHESAPEAKE — A 10-year-old girl who was walking home from school Thursday afternoon fought off a man who tried to abduct her, then ran home to tell her parents. The girl was walking home shortly after 3 p.m. in the 4300 block of Fontana...
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The nearness of a busy street intersection wasn’t enough to stop a man from attempting to abduct a 9-year-old girl from her Citrus Heights school Thursday. Citrus Heights police said the attempted kidnapping occurred in front of Holy Family Catholic School on the 7800 block of Old Auburn Road Thursday afternoon as the...
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DAILY PRESS Published January 28, 2005 Citizens played an important role in solving the attempted abduction of a 13-year-old girl earlier this month, police spokesman Harold Eley said. Acting on a Crime Line tip and calls from people offering information about a car, detectives arrested 45-year-old Raymond Baskette on Thursday at his home...
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By Katie Rook Thursday, January 13, 2005 A 10-year-old girl escaped abduction Tuesday after biting the arm of a stranger who grabbed her from behind as she walked home from school near Browns Line and Evans Avenue, south of Sherway Gardens shopping mall. Around 3:30 p.m. a man in his late 30s took...
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Patrols increased after Northeastside child escaped attacker as she left school bus. By Lisa Renze-Rhodes November 25, 2004 ================= Marion County authorities said Wednesday they have increased patrols in a Northeastside neighborhood after the attempted abduction of a 10-year-old girl. The girl told police she managed to free herself from a man who...
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Suspect Quickly Apprehended Nov 10, 2004 PHILADELPHIA –Two fast-thinking boys turned the tables on a man who allegedly tried to abduct them. Now, police say what they did in those frightening moments could help save other kidnapping victims. CBS 3’s Walt Hunter reports both a 10 and 11-year-old boy learned an important lesson...
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September 8, 2004 HOLLYWOOD – Police said they arrested a suspect minutes after a 14-year-old girl reported she was nearly kidnapped Wednesday morning at a school-bus stop at 78th Avenue and Hood Street. The incident occurred shortly after 6 a.m. while the teenage girl waited for a bus to take her to classes...
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