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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Everett, Wash. By Katya Yefimova Herald Writer Published: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Warnings follow attempted abduction in Everett EVERETT — Police on Tuesday were looking for a man who may have tried to abduct a girl. The 13-year-old Voyager Middle School student was walking to school in the 500 block of 124th Street...
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A recently enacted component of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) has been credited with aiding in the rescue of several missing children who were kidnapped by strangers. It’s called the AMBER Plan. Background The AMBER Plan is named for a 9-year-old girl who was kidnapped by a stranger and later found dead in...
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April 12, 2006 By KOMO Staff PIERCE COUNTY – A 14-year-old boy is being credited with potentially saving his little brother from being abducted Tuesday evening. Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies say it was around 7:30 when an 8-year-old boy and his older brother were playing at the end of a dead-end street in...
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The girl was grabbed from her bed but struggled free before the suspect was caught. By Diana Hefley and Krista J. Kapralos Herald Writers EVERETT – A 5-year-old girl escaped the grasp of a stranger who kidnapped her from her bed Monday morning, Snohomish County sheriff’s officials said. The suspected abductor, a 20-year-old...
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