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Child Abduction Digest 2-2-13
Friday, January 25, 2013
School Abduction Digest 1-25-13
Attempted abduction, suspicious minivan reported near 2 Elk Grove district schools
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Philly mayor plans announcement about school...
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Girl abducted on her way to school
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Reward in school abduction now $75000
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School Abduction Case Reward Up To $75K For Arrest, Conviction
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Reward increased in abduction of girl from school
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Philly mayor plans announcement about school...
The Mercury
Girl abducted on her way to school
Independent Online
Reward in school abduction now $75000
Philadelphia Inquirer
School Abduction Case Reward Up To $75K For Arrest, Conviction
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Reward increased in abduction of girl from school
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Saturday, January 19, 2013
Child Abduction Digest 1-19-13
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Child Abduction Digest 1-17-13
Philadelphia School Abduction: Police Seek 2 Suspects Who Took 5-Year-Old Girl - Huffington Post
Philadelphia Child Kidnapping: Police seek 2 suspects in girl's abduction - CBS News
Abduction investigation focuses on a few blocks around the school - Philadelphia Inquirer
Girl recovering after abduction by woman posing as her mom - CNN
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Philadelphia Child Kidnapping: Police seek 2 suspects in girl's abduction - CBS News
Abduction investigation focuses on a few blocks around the school - Philadelphia Inquirer
Girl recovering after abduction by woman posing as her mom - CNN
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Second Kidnapping Attempt Reported near Memphis School ... - abc24.com
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Child Abduction Digest 10-8-12
Cherokee, IA
Just before noon Thursday, the Cherokee Police Department says it responded to an attempted abduction incident near the city's Central Park by Fareway.
Authorities say a 22-year-old adult male reported he was approached by a male suspect driving a silver van. The driver asked the young man where he was going, and told to "get in the car". The victim tells police he refused, and continued walking to work. The suspect turned around and drove away without any further contact.
The following is a release from Cherokee CSD Superintendent John Chalstrom:
In order to provide accurate information and prevent the spread of erroneous rumors, I would like to clarify reports that have been circulating in the school and community regarding a possible child abduction.
There was no attempt to abduct a student of the Cherokee CSD. This morning, local law enforcement received a report from an adult who claimed to have been stopped by a gentleman in his 50's and told to get in his van. The adult did not get in the van, reported to work, and contacted law enforcement nearly an hour later.
Sioux City, IA
Someone has reported a possible abduction to the Sioux City Police Department. Police were called to the area of Military Road and Prescott Street at about 6pm on Thursday.
The person said she saw a 12-year-old girl being pulled into a van. The girl had brown hair and a gray T-shirt with shorts.
The van was described as a white boxy type van with dark windows. There was blue writing on the passenger side.
Greensburg, IN
A Greensburg teenager was arrested Thursday after police said she lied about being abducted earlier in the week.
Eighteen-year-old Tina Anne Dixon was charged with false reporting, a Class A misdemeanor.
On Monday at approximately 10:13 p.m., police say Dixon called 911 to report she was a victim of an abduction on Freeland Road, near the Greensburg Walmart. Dixon also reported she was let out of the vehicle on State Road 3, approximately six miles north of Greensburg.
Police said Dixon reported two males in a black pick-up truck abducted her and inappropriately touched her while she was in the vehicle.
Investigators say Dixon falsified her statement and that the abduction did not occur. Greensburg police said Walmart provided valuable video surveillance used in the investigation. Police say Dixon has not given a reason for why she filed the false report.
Fresno, CA
The California Highway Patrol has lifted an Amber Alert after a Central Valley father who allegedly failed to take his two children to school was found and arrested.
The children, ages 9 and 6, were found safe at about 1:30 p.m. Friday.
The CHP located their father, Phillip Tumilty Sr., near the Central California town of Atwater, about 35 miles from where the children were allegedly abducted earlier in the day after a domestic dispute. The Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department reported that Tumilty had argued with his ex-wife. He said he would take the children to school, but allegedly never did.
San Mateo, CA
A San Francisco man charged with abducting a 9-year-old girl from a bathroom at an elementary school in San Mateo last month has been charged with 10 additional felonies in connection with an incident that took place at a Daly City school earlier this year, the district attorney said. Bradley Mrazek, 25, standing in red inmate clothes behind glass, appeared briefly in San Mateo County Superior Court this afternoon when the new charges were announced. Mrazek has been identified as a man who allegedly entered a bathroom at George Washington Elementary School in March and tried to take pictures of girls using the facilities, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said. The girls heard clicking noises coming from a stall and reported it to a teacher, Wagstaffe said.
Weathersfield, OH
Weathersfield police said they are looking for information after a man
tried to abduct a 10-year-old girl walking home from Mineral Ridge
Middle School on Thursday.
Police Chief Joe Consiglio said the girl was walking home at about 2:45 p.m. in the 1300 block of Depot Street when a man pulled up next to the girl and tried to coax her into his white van by offering her a ride home.
Consiglio said the girl ran home safely.
The man was described as white, 30 to 40 years old with a bald head and was unshaven. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with the sleeves cut off and had tattoos all over his arms, including one that was either wings or a Harley-Davidson logo.
San Bernadino, CA
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies are on the hunt for a sexual predator they say tried to abduct an 11-year-old girl Wednesday afternoon.
Authorities said the attempted abduction occurred in Highland, near Sterling Avenue and Baseline Streets.
CBS2 and KCAL9 reporter Greg Mills said the suspect tried to pull the girl into a van but she was able to pull away.
Mills spoke to concerned parents, including Martiza Beasley, a Highland resident. “It’s scary to know there are people out here going around and doing this to kids.”
Wichita, KSA 13-year-old girl walking to school on Monday morning told police two men in an SUV attempted to abduct her at knifepoint, according to police.
Just before noon Thursday, the Cherokee Police Department says it responded to an attempted abduction incident near the city's Central Park by Fareway.
Authorities say a 22-year-old adult male reported he was approached by a male suspect driving a silver van. The driver asked the young man where he was going, and told to "get in the car". The victim tells police he refused, and continued walking to work. The suspect turned around and drove away without any further contact.
The following is a release from Cherokee CSD Superintendent John Chalstrom:
In order to provide accurate information and prevent the spread of erroneous rumors, I would like to clarify reports that have been circulating in the school and community regarding a possible child abduction.
There was no attempt to abduct a student of the Cherokee CSD. This morning, local law enforcement received a report from an adult who claimed to have been stopped by a gentleman in his 50's and told to get in his van. The adult did not get in the van, reported to work, and contacted law enforcement nearly an hour later.
Sioux City, IA
Someone has reported a possible abduction to the Sioux City Police Department. Police were called to the area of Military Road and Prescott Street at about 6pm on Thursday.
The person said she saw a 12-year-old girl being pulled into a van. The girl had brown hair and a gray T-shirt with shorts.
The van was described as a white boxy type van with dark windows. There was blue writing on the passenger side.
Greensburg, IN
A Greensburg teenager was arrested Thursday after police said she lied about being abducted earlier in the week.
Eighteen-year-old Tina Anne Dixon was charged with false reporting, a Class A misdemeanor.
On Monday at approximately 10:13 p.m., police say Dixon called 911 to report she was a victim of an abduction on Freeland Road, near the Greensburg Walmart. Dixon also reported she was let out of the vehicle on State Road 3, approximately six miles north of Greensburg.
Police said Dixon reported two males in a black pick-up truck abducted her and inappropriately touched her while she was in the vehicle.
Investigators say Dixon falsified her statement and that the abduction did not occur. Greensburg police said Walmart provided valuable video surveillance used in the investigation. Police say Dixon has not given a reason for why she filed the false report.
Fresno, CA
The California Highway Patrol has lifted an Amber Alert after a Central Valley father who allegedly failed to take his two children to school was found and arrested.
The children, ages 9 and 6, were found safe at about 1:30 p.m. Friday.
The CHP located their father, Phillip Tumilty Sr., near the Central California town of Atwater, about 35 miles from where the children were allegedly abducted earlier in the day after a domestic dispute. The Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department reported that Tumilty had argued with his ex-wife. He said he would take the children to school, but allegedly never did.
San Mateo, CA
A San Francisco man charged with abducting a 9-year-old girl from a bathroom at an elementary school in San Mateo last month has been charged with 10 additional felonies in connection with an incident that took place at a Daly City school earlier this year, the district attorney said. Bradley Mrazek, 25, standing in red inmate clothes behind glass, appeared briefly in San Mateo County Superior Court this afternoon when the new charges were announced. Mrazek has been identified as a man who allegedly entered a bathroom at George Washington Elementary School in March and tried to take pictures of girls using the facilities, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said. The girls heard clicking noises coming from a stall and reported it to a teacher, Wagstaffe said.
Weathersfield, OH
Police Chief Joe Consiglio said the girl was walking home at about 2:45 p.m. in the 1300 block of Depot Street when a man pulled up next to the girl and tried to coax her into his white van by offering her a ride home.
Consiglio said the girl ran home safely.
The man was described as white, 30 to 40 years old with a bald head and was unshaven. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with the sleeves cut off and had tattoos all over his arms, including one that was either wings or a Harley-Davidson logo.
San Bernadino, CA
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies are on the hunt for a sexual predator they say tried to abduct an 11-year-old girl Wednesday afternoon.
Authorities said the attempted abduction occurred in Highland, near Sterling Avenue and Baseline Streets.
CBS2 and KCAL9 reporter Greg Mills said the suspect tried to pull the girl into a van but she was able to pull away.
Mills spoke to concerned parents, including Martiza Beasley, a Highland resident. “It’s scary to know there are people out here going around and doing this to kids.”
Wichita, KSA 13-year-old girl walking to school on Monday morning told police two men in an SUV attempted to abduct her at knifepoint, according to police.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Disturbing Incidents in San Mateo
An incident a week ago at Parkside Elementary School in San Mateo illustrates the dangers of taking the security of a school for granted.
Repeated incidents over a six-month period were apparently not enough to alert schools to ramp up their security, and a 9-year old girl was allegedly abducted and molested by Bradley Mrozek's latest trespass into a school.
Below are a couple more articles on the various incidents.
San Mateo, CA
New security measures are being put in place at Parkside Elementary School in San Mateo just days after a 25-year-old man wandered onto campus and abducted a nine-year-old student.
School officials did not return a call for comment Wednesday afternoon, but Parkside Principal Lori Fukumoto said in a statement on the school's website that staff was working to implement changes to current safety practices "that will improve security for all students."
Effective immediately, all gates to the Parkside campus will be locked during the day, and all visitors must register in the main office and wear a visitor badge while on campus, officials said.
The changes in security protocol were prompted by a series of alleged offenses by Bradley Mrazek of San Francisco, who allegedly trespassed on three different school campuses on Friday, ending with the alleged abduction at Parkside Elementary School.
San Mateo, CA
The man facing kidnapping and molestation charges after allegedly snatching a 9-year-old girl from a San Mateo school campus has been linked to an unsolved incident at a Daly City elementary school in which four girls say a man tried photographing them from underneath bathroom stalls.
In March, six months before 25-year-old Bradley Mrozek was arrested for allegedly grabbing a Parkview Elementary School student inside the girls’ bathroom, authorities believe he holed up inside a stall at George Washington Elementary School in Daly City and tried photographing young girls as they used the facilities. On March 16, the girls reported seeing a flash and fetched a teacher who tried forcing the man from the stall. He finally ran from the bathroom and fled. The case remained unsolved until the school principal read of Mrozek’s arrest in several bizarre on-campus incidents and told police they might want to investigate the earlier case, too.
The teacher picked Mrozek out of a photo lineup and a second witness also supports the identification, said District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.
Schools should have written procedures for signing visitors in, and for how to respond should an intruder be detected. They should exercised regularly. Schools are responsible for the safety and security of their students. While not knowing all of the details of numerous incidents, it is clear that Mrozek trespassed onto several school campuses, and wasn't arrested until after molesting a young girl who thought she could safely go to the restroom.
What are your school's sign-in procedures, and how is their supervision? That's a question worth asking your child's school.
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Repeated incidents over a six-month period were apparently not enough to alert schools to ramp up their security, and a 9-year old girl was allegedly abducted and molested by Bradley Mrozek's latest trespass into a school.
Below are a couple more articles on the various incidents.
San Mateo, CA
New security measures are being put in place at Parkside Elementary School in San Mateo just days after a 25-year-old man wandered onto campus and abducted a nine-year-old student.
School officials did not return a call for comment Wednesday afternoon, but Parkside Principal Lori Fukumoto said in a statement on the school's website that staff was working to implement changes to current safety practices "that will improve security for all students."
Effective immediately, all gates to the Parkside campus will be locked during the day, and all visitors must register in the main office and wear a visitor badge while on campus, officials said.
The changes in security protocol were prompted by a series of alleged offenses by Bradley Mrazek of San Francisco, who allegedly trespassed on three different school campuses on Friday, ending with the alleged abduction at Parkside Elementary School.
San Mateo, CA
The man facing kidnapping and molestation charges after allegedly snatching a 9-year-old girl from a San Mateo school campus has been linked to an unsolved incident at a Daly City elementary school in which four girls say a man tried photographing them from underneath bathroom stalls.
In March, six months before 25-year-old Bradley Mrozek was arrested for allegedly grabbing a Parkview Elementary School student inside the girls’ bathroom, authorities believe he holed up inside a stall at George Washington Elementary School in Daly City and tried photographing young girls as they used the facilities. On March 16, the girls reported seeing a flash and fetched a teacher who tried forcing the man from the stall. He finally ran from the bathroom and fled. The case remained unsolved until the school principal read of Mrozek’s arrest in several bizarre on-campus incidents and told police they might want to investigate the earlier case, too.
The teacher picked Mrozek out of a photo lineup and a second witness also supports the identification, said District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.
Schools should have written procedures for signing visitors in, and for how to respond should an intruder be detected. They should exercised regularly. Schools are responsible for the safety and security of their students. While not knowing all of the details of numerous incidents, it is clear that Mrozek trespassed onto several school campuses, and wasn't arrested until after molesting a young girl who thought she could safely go to the restroom.
What are your school's sign-in procedures, and how is their supervision? That's a question worth asking your child's school.
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Child Abduction Digest 9-14-12
Orinda, CA
On Thursday, a 15-year-old girl was walking her dog near her Orinda home at about 7:45 p.m. when a man pulled up alongside her in a black, older model four-door sedan, Orinda police Sgt. Neil Rafanan said. He did not give a street name.
The man allegedly asked the girl where she was going. When she said she was walking home, he told her to get in his car, Rafanan said.
The girl refused and the man got out of the car and grabbed her, Rafanan said. The girl fought her way free and fled, he said. She was not harmed and did not initially report to police that she'd been grabbed.
New York
Police in Port Jervis and the Town of Newburgh are looking into two separate kidnapping attempts on young girls.
In the first, in Port Jervis, a man in a red minivan with New Jersey plates tried to lure a middle-school girl in as she walked home from school Thursday, according to the school district's website.
She was walking on Pennsylvania Avenue around 2:15 p.m. when the man stopped her and reportedly asked her several times if she wanted a ride.
The school district sent a letter home with students about the incident on Friday, and district officials urge parents to talk about it with their kids and review safety tips.
In the Town of Newburgh, near the Montgomery town line around 5 p.m. Friday, a man grabbed a 5-year-old girl from behind.
But her sister helped her get away from him.
Then, he took off in a vehicle, possibly a dark-colored pickup, headed east on Route 17K.
The man was described as thin, white and in his 40s with short dark hair, a white T-shirt and brown shorts.
St. Joseph, MO
Police are investigating what they think was an abduction attempt of a 10-year-old working safety patrol near an elementary school.
The child said someone approached the location he was patrolling just before 9 a.m. Tuesday near South 29th and Duncan streets and told him to get in their vehicle.
The child grabbed another student and went toward Parkway Elementary to tell a teacher.
Spencer, IA
Police in Spencer, Iowa, want parents to keep an eye on their kids after an attempted abduction from a local school.
It happened shortly before one o'clock when-- police say-- a man, driving a mini-van, pulled up to Lincoln Elementary during recess, rolled his window down, and asked two fifth grade students to, "come here."
The two students refused, and at the same time two staff members saw what was going on, brought the students inside and called police. The van then drove off.
Janesville, WI
A 12-year-old girl was grabbed by a man Tuesday morning as she walked on a Janesville street, but the man fled when a car drove past, Janesville police reported.
The incident on Elizabeth Street was reported at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, according to a police news release.
The girl told police she was grabbed from behind by the suspect.
Detroit, MI
Detroit police and Detroit Public Schools are investigating the reported sexual assault of a 13-year-old who said he was abducted from Wayne Elementary School on Detroit’s east side Wednesday afternoon.
The incident is being investigated by the department's sex crimes unit, according to a statement this morning. DPS Spokesman Steve Wasko said the district's police investigators are examining footage from surveillance cameras.
The student was found by a resident on Lakepointe about 2 p.m. The resident, Lawrence Snider, said the child was wearing only underwear and a shirt. His hands were taped behind his back, he said.
Boynton Beach, FL
The mother of a Palm Beach County kindergartner at Galaxy Elementary says a school bus mix-up left her child in a stranger's hands.
"I was nervous about the bus to begin with, and I guess I should have listened to myself," said Melissa Berthiaume of Boynton Beach.
She says she was waiting at the usual afternoon drop off point, at the intersection of Winfield Road and Laurence Road in Boynton Beach, and when Aiden's bus pulled up, he wasn't on it.
"The bus driver comes over here, I say who I'm looking for, I say Aiden, he described him, he says,
Oh, lady over there just picked him up she said that she was his mother, " said Aiden's mom.
Berthiaume says that the bus driver went back, brought Aiden to her minutes later, saying Aiden was with a different woman who stopped Aiden from going with the supposed phony mom.
Fountain, CO
It was a close call for two children in Fountain Thursday, each who managed to narrowly escape a potential abduction in separate incidents.
In one case near Fountain Middle School off Highway 85/87, a 12-year-old was walking home from school when a strange truck began following him. When the boy heard the tires creeping up behind him, he grabbed his cell phone and texted his mom. The driver suddenly sped off.
In the second incident, around 4 p.m. on Fountain-Mesa Road near Mesa Ridge Parkway, the suspect actually stopped his car and told the child walking nearby to get in.
The child was able to run away.
Police
are stepping up patrol during the hours children walk to and from school
after a local teen reported a man possibly tried to abduct her.
On Thursday, a 15-year-old girl was walking her dog near her Orinda home at about 7:45 p.m. when a man pulled up alongside her in a black, older model four-door sedan, Orinda police Sgt. Neil Rafanan said. He did not give a street name.
The man allegedly asked the girl where she was going. When she said she was walking home, he told her to get in his car, Rafanan said.
The girl refused and the man got out of the car and grabbed her, Rafanan said. The girl fought her way free and fled, he said. She was not harmed and did not initially report to police that she'd been grabbed.
New York
Police in Port Jervis and the Town of Newburgh are looking into two separate kidnapping attempts on young girls.
In the first, in Port Jervis, a man in a red minivan with New Jersey plates tried to lure a middle-school girl in as she walked home from school Thursday, according to the school district's website.
She was walking on Pennsylvania Avenue around 2:15 p.m. when the man stopped her and reportedly asked her several times if she wanted a ride.
The school district sent a letter home with students about the incident on Friday, and district officials urge parents to talk about it with their kids and review safety tips.
In the Town of Newburgh, near the Montgomery town line around 5 p.m. Friday, a man grabbed a 5-year-old girl from behind.
But her sister helped her get away from him.
Then, he took off in a vehicle, possibly a dark-colored pickup, headed east on Route 17K.
The man was described as thin, white and in his 40s with short dark hair, a white T-shirt and brown shorts.
St. Joseph, MO
Police are investigating what they think was an abduction attempt of a 10-year-old working safety patrol near an elementary school.
The child said someone approached the location he was patrolling just before 9 a.m. Tuesday near South 29th and Duncan streets and told him to get in their vehicle.
The child grabbed another student and went toward Parkway Elementary to tell a teacher.
Spencer, IA
Police in Spencer, Iowa, want parents to keep an eye on their kids after an attempted abduction from a local school.
It happened shortly before one o'clock when-- police say-- a man, driving a mini-van, pulled up to Lincoln Elementary during recess, rolled his window down, and asked two fifth grade students to, "come here."
The two students refused, and at the same time two staff members saw what was going on, brought the students inside and called police. The van then drove off.
Janesville, WI
A 12-year-old girl was grabbed by a man Tuesday morning as she walked on a Janesville street, but the man fled when a car drove past, Janesville police reported.
The incident on Elizabeth Street was reported at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, according to a police news release.
The girl told police she was grabbed from behind by the suspect.
Detroit, MI
Detroit police and Detroit Public Schools are investigating the reported sexual assault of a 13-year-old who said he was abducted from Wayne Elementary School on Detroit’s east side Wednesday afternoon.
The incident is being investigated by the department's sex crimes unit, according to a statement this morning. DPS Spokesman Steve Wasko said the district's police investigators are examining footage from surveillance cameras.
The student was found by a resident on Lakepointe about 2 p.m. The resident, Lawrence Snider, said the child was wearing only underwear and a shirt. His hands were taped behind his back, he said.
Boynton Beach, FL
The mother of a Palm Beach County kindergartner at Galaxy Elementary says a school bus mix-up left her child in a stranger's hands.
"I was nervous about the bus to begin with, and I guess I should have listened to myself," said Melissa Berthiaume of Boynton Beach.
She says she was waiting at the usual afternoon drop off point, at the intersection of Winfield Road and Laurence Road in Boynton Beach, and when Aiden's bus pulled up, he wasn't on it.
"The bus driver comes over here, I say who I'm looking for, I say Aiden, he described him, he says,
Oh, lady over there just picked him up she said that she was his mother, " said Aiden's mom.
Berthiaume says that the bus driver went back, brought Aiden to her minutes later, saying Aiden was with a different woman who stopped Aiden from going with the supposed phony mom.
Fountain, CO
It was a close call for two children in Fountain Thursday, each who managed to narrowly escape a potential abduction in separate incidents.
In one case near Fountain Middle School off Highway 85/87, a 12-year-old was walking home from school when a strange truck began following him. When the boy heard the tires creeping up behind him, he grabbed his cell phone and texted his mom. The driver suddenly sped off.
In the second incident, around 4 p.m. on Fountain-Mesa Road near Mesa Ridge Parkway, the suspect actually stopped his car and told the child walking nearby to get in.
The child was able to run away.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Child Abduction Digest 8-18-12
Waukee, IA
Waukee police have released additional details on the attempted abduction of a Waukee girl this morning.
On Thursday morning at about 9:08 a.m., according to a news release, Waukee Police received a report from a fifth-grade girl that she was waiting for her bus in the 3300 block of Ashworth Road when a van pulled up next to her at the stop.
The driver reportedly got out of a "deep purple-colored van with three black stripes on the side and tinted windows" and told the girl to get into the vehicle. The victim ran toward her home and the van left in an unknown direction.
Garner, NC
An ice cream truck driver is facing rape charges following a reported abduction Thursday night.
Garner police said 39-year-old Omar Kareem Sellers was selling ice cream around 9 p.m. near the Avery Square Apartments when he started talking to a group of kids, including a 14-year-old girl.
Witnesses told police that the girl voluntarily got into Seller's white conversion van ice cream truck with colorful polka dots on it and left the area.
The victim told ABC11 her and Sellers drove through a few neighborhoods, then ended up at a self-service car wash in Johnston County. She said Sellers pulled into a bay and raped her.
Azuza, CA
Sheriff's deputies detained three suspects Friday, linking them to the attempted kidnapping Thursday of a 14-year-old girl as she walked down an Azusa street.
A man -- who has not yet been identified -- pulled up to the girl about 1 p.m. Thursday as she walked on Orange Crest Avenue and tried to pull her into the white Nissan pickup he drove, according to a news release issued by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
La Mesa, CA
La Mesa Police are on the lookout for a white or Hispanic male, in his 30s-40s, who is suspected of trying to lure a 16-year-old girl into his car as she was walking to Helix Charter High School Friday morning.
According to police, as the teen was walking westbound in the 7500 block of of University Avenue, she was approached by the suspect. The suspect drove up next to the female and got out of his vehicle. The suspect said to the female, “Hey, get in my car.”
At that point the female ran home and contacted the police. A search of the surrounding areas did not result in locating the suspect or his vehicle, which the teen described as as a “beat up” white, small or medium sized pick up truck. The suspect was described as unshaven and wearing a white T-shirt.
New school executive director Mike Lewis said that he was notified by the school's safety officer and by campus supervision. He has instructed staff to remind students of safety tips when travelling to and from campus.
The school also posted notification of the incident on its website.
Springfield, MO
The Taney County sheriff is asking for help in locating a van that may have been involved into attempted child abductions.
Sheriff Jimmie Russell tells KTTS News a blue mini van being driven by a man pulled into a driveway on Norman Road near Kirbyville. A female passenger asked two girls about a lost dog. The girls ran to a house and the van drove away.
A van matching the same description later showed up on Hulls Ford Road near Taneyville. The female driver asked a grade school aged boy about a lost dog and then repeatedly offered him a ride home. When the boy began walking in a different direction, the van left.
Columbia, IL
Police are looking for a man suspected in an attempted abduction.
Police Chief Joe Edwards with the Columbia Police Department says they received a call at 8:12 p.m. for a report of an attempted abduction.
When police responded, they determined an 11-year-old boy had been walking in the 100 block of Locust, just off Main Street in Columbia, Illinois, when he saw a maroon van parked on the street.
A man inside the van struck up a conversation with the boy, who said the man began speaking very quietly.
The boy walked around to the driver's side of the van to try to hear what the man was saying, and at that time the man grabbed the boy's arm and tried to pull him into the van.
Waukee police have released additional details on the attempted abduction of a Waukee girl this morning.
On Thursday morning at about 9:08 a.m., according to a news release, Waukee Police received a report from a fifth-grade girl that she was waiting for her bus in the 3300 block of Ashworth Road when a van pulled up next to her at the stop.
The driver reportedly got out of a "deep purple-colored van with three black stripes on the side and tinted windows" and told the girl to get into the vehicle. The victim ran toward her home and the van left in an unknown direction.
Garner, NC
An ice cream truck driver is facing rape charges following a reported abduction Thursday night.
Garner police said 39-year-old Omar Kareem Sellers was selling ice cream around 9 p.m. near the Avery Square Apartments when he started talking to a group of kids, including a 14-year-old girl.
Witnesses told police that the girl voluntarily got into Seller's white conversion van ice cream truck with colorful polka dots on it and left the area.
The victim told ABC11 her and Sellers drove through a few neighborhoods, then ended up at a self-service car wash in Johnston County. She said Sellers pulled into a bay and raped her.
Azuza, CA
Sheriff's deputies detained three suspects Friday, linking them to the attempted kidnapping Thursday of a 14-year-old girl as she walked down an Azusa street.
A man -- who has not yet been identified -- pulled up to the girl about 1 p.m. Thursday as she walked on Orange Crest Avenue and tried to pull her into the white Nissan pickup he drove, according to a news release issued by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
La Mesa, CA
La Mesa Police are on the lookout for a white or Hispanic male, in his 30s-40s, who is suspected of trying to lure a 16-year-old girl into his car as she was walking to Helix Charter High School Friday morning.
According to police, as the teen was walking westbound in the 7500 block of of University Avenue, she was approached by the suspect. The suspect drove up next to the female and got out of his vehicle. The suspect said to the female, “Hey, get in my car.”
At that point the female ran home and contacted the police. A search of the surrounding areas did not result in locating the suspect or his vehicle, which the teen described as as a “beat up” white, small or medium sized pick up truck. The suspect was described as unshaven and wearing a white T-shirt.
New school executive director Mike Lewis said that he was notified by the school's safety officer and by campus supervision. He has instructed staff to remind students of safety tips when travelling to and from campus.
The school also posted notification of the incident on its website.
Springfield, MO
The Taney County sheriff is asking for help in locating a van that may have been involved into attempted child abductions.
Sheriff Jimmie Russell tells KTTS News a blue mini van being driven by a man pulled into a driveway on Norman Road near Kirbyville. A female passenger asked two girls about a lost dog. The girls ran to a house and the van drove away.
A van matching the same description later showed up on Hulls Ford Road near Taneyville. The female driver asked a grade school aged boy about a lost dog and then repeatedly offered him a ride home. When the boy began walking in a different direction, the van left.
Columbia, IL
Police are looking for a man suspected in an attempted abduction.
Police Chief Joe Edwards with the Columbia Police Department says they received a call at 8:12 p.m. for a report of an attempted abduction.
When police responded, they determined an 11-year-old boy had been walking in the 100 block of Locust, just off Main Street in Columbia, Illinois, when he saw a maroon van parked on the street.
A man inside the van struck up a conversation with the boy, who said the man began speaking very quietly.
The boy walked around to the driver's side of the van to try to hear what the man was saying, and at that time the man grabbed the boy's arm and tried to pull him into the van.
Friday, June 15, 2012
AMBER ALERT! Father Reportedly Abducts Three Children from School
Santa Rosa, CA
The California Highway Patrol has issued an Amber Alert regarding a reported parental child abduction in Santa Rosa.
Three children were reportedly taken by force from a local school by their father around 11 a.m., CHP Officer Dave Thomas said.
Thomas identified the father as Jose Rojo-Bojorquez, 25, of Santa Rosa.
The alert, issued at 2:04 p.m., is for a black 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe with license plate 6TXA253.
The California Highway Patrol has issued an Amber Alert regarding a reported parental child abduction in Santa Rosa.
Three children were reportedly taken by force from a local school by their father around 11 a.m., CHP Officer Dave Thomas said.
Thomas identified the father as Jose Rojo-Bojorquez, 25, of Santa Rosa.
The alert, issued at 2:04 p.m., is for a black 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe with license plate 6TXA253.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Suspect Arrested for Child Abduction Tried Taking Home Other Kids Before
Milwaukee, WI
We're learning more about the woman accused of abducting a child from a Milwaukee school.
The questions are swirling around Starms Early Childhood Center. TODAY'S TMJ4 has identified the name of the suspect and TODAY'S TMJ4 is beginning to learn more about how she made her move.
As four-year-old Charity recovers from an abduction, her mom, Paula, is amazed at how this could have happened.
Witnesses saw 33-year-old Lisa Isaac walk into school and take her baby girl, while mom waited in an office just feet away. "I waited for her a while and she never came, and the teacher came down and said that she had left with a lady with a curly wig, and said I told her to pick her up," said Paula.
Milwaukee Public Schools Communications Director Roseanne St. Aubin told TODAY'S TMJ4 extra security staff has been added to the center. She maintains Isaac snuck into school with daycare van drivers and snatched the girl.
"That little girl was passing close to that group of people, and the woman took her," said Roseann St. Aubin.
Staffers at the Evans Academy of Excellence, a nearby daycare, told TODAY'S TMJ4 the woman came in twice, trying to take a child home.
We're learning more about the woman accused of abducting a child from a Milwaukee school.
The questions are swirling around Starms Early Childhood Center. TODAY'S TMJ4 has identified the name of the suspect and TODAY'S TMJ4 is beginning to learn more about how she made her move.
As four-year-old Charity recovers from an abduction, her mom, Paula, is amazed at how this could have happened.
Witnesses saw 33-year-old Lisa Isaac walk into school and take her baby girl, while mom waited in an office just feet away. "I waited for her a while and she never came, and the teacher came down and said that she had left with a lady with a curly wig, and said I told her to pick her up," said Paula.
Milwaukee Public Schools Communications Director Roseanne St. Aubin told TODAY'S TMJ4 extra security staff has been added to the center. She maintains Isaac snuck into school with daycare van drivers and snatched the girl.
"That little girl was passing close to that group of people, and the woman took her," said Roseann St. Aubin.
Staffers at the Evans Academy of Excellence, a nearby daycare, told TODAY'S TMJ4 the woman came in twice, trying to take a child home.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Child Abduction Digest 5-22-12
Wellington, FL
Reports of a man attempting to lure two students into his car have parents and officials at dozens of western Palm Beach County schools on alert.
The Palm Beach Post ( http://bit.ly/KPWkr9) reports no students were injured or abducted in the incidents reported last week. At least two principals sent letters home, asking parents to caution their children.
Loxahatchee Grove, FL
The mother of a Loxahatchee Groves middle school girl approached by a man on the street last week said that he is likely the same man who tried to abduct a Wellington girl two days later.
Tiffanie Hoffman also said her 13-year-old daughter, a sixth-grader at Osceola Creek Middle School, was approached by a man who tried to lure her into his car multiple times as she walked home on Orange Boulevard on May 14.
Phoenix, OR
When a middle school student was approached by a stranger while waiting for the school bus on North Rose Street and South Pacific Highway, school officials say she knew exactly what to do.
"What we've been doing to teach safety amongst our students was followed through," Talent Middle School principal Curt Shenk said.
On Friday, Phoenix Police say a young girl was approached by a man driving a van. Police Chief Derek Bowker said the man told her the buses weren't running and he'd give her a ride to school.
But police say the girl walked away. That's when the driver saw an officer watching, police say, then took off.
Bronx, NY
Civic activists Joyce Wilson and Frank Belcher said, this week, it defies logic for parents to have their young children wait alone at their schools up to an hour before the start of the school day.
Reports of a man attempting to lure two students into his car have parents and officials at dozens of western Palm Beach County schools on alert.
The Palm Beach Post ( http://bit.ly/KPWkr9) reports no students were injured or abducted in the incidents reported last week. At least two principals sent letters home, asking parents to caution their children.
Loxahatchee Grove, FL
The mother of a Loxahatchee Groves middle school girl approached by a man on the street last week said that he is likely the same man who tried to abduct a Wellington girl two days later.
Tiffanie Hoffman also said her 13-year-old daughter, a sixth-grader at Osceola Creek Middle School, was approached by a man who tried to lure her into his car multiple times as she walked home on Orange Boulevard on May 14.
Phoenix, OR
When a middle school student was approached by a stranger while waiting for the school bus on North Rose Street and South Pacific Highway, school officials say she knew exactly what to do.
"What we've been doing to teach safety amongst our students was followed through," Talent Middle School principal Curt Shenk said.
On Friday, Phoenix Police say a young girl was approached by a man driving a van. Police Chief Derek Bowker said the man told her the buses weren't running and he'd give her a ride to school.
But police say the girl walked away. That's when the driver saw an officer watching, police say, then took off.
Bronx, NY
Civic activists Joyce Wilson and Frank Belcher said, this week, it defies logic for parents to have their young children wait alone at their schools up to an hour before the start of the school day.
Wilson
and Belcher made their comments in response to reports that the mother
of a 6-year-old boy, who was almost kidnapped last Friday morning, was
left in front of PS 160 an hour before the start of his school's
breakfast program.
John
Vazquez, the custodial worker who foiled the Section 5 kidnapping of
the boy, said that the 6 year old was left, unattended, in front of the
school at 7 a.m. on a daily basis since the start of the school year in
September.
In
the wake of last Friday's near-tragedy, the boy's guardians now take
the child to school, no longer leaving him unattended, Vazquez said
Tuesday.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Cops Rescue Schoolgirl from Kidnapper
Germany
The 51-year old man accosted the girl as she waited for her school bus in the Baden-Württemberg city of Tübingen, on Thursday morning, news magazine Der Spiegel reported on Saturday.
He enticed her into his car and drove her towards Baden-Baden, while he rang her family to demand several million euros in various currencies for her safe return.
A special armed police commando freed the girl and arrested the man at around 8pm on Thursday after tracing a further telephone conversation with the family.
The 51-year old man accosted the girl as she waited for her school bus in the Baden-Württemberg city of Tübingen, on Thursday morning, news magazine Der Spiegel reported on Saturday.
He enticed her into his car and drove her towards Baden-Baden, while he rang her family to demand several million euros in various currencies for her safe return.
A special armed police commando freed the girl and arrested the man at around 8pm on Thursday after tracing a further telephone conversation with the family.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Child Abduction Digest 5-11-12
Shawnee, OK
The boy's mom, Amber Crook, is very upset about the incident. She says she has not slept since she got the phone call from her 6-year-old's school saying her child went missing. Thankfully, she was able to pick her son up after the bus route was changed.
Now police and the school are trying to figure out who called the school and requested the little boy's drop-off location to change.
Norfolk, VA
A boy riding his school bus reportedly saw something unsettling Thursday morning and now police are investigating a possible abduction.
According to police, the 12-year-old boy was on his bus in the 1200 block of Norview Avenue, when he spotted a young girl in a van who he believed was being held against her will.
Lafayette, LA
A Lafayette man was arrested yesterday after attempting to pick up a child he did not know from a school bus stop.
Deputies responded to a citizen call concerning a suspected attempted abduction of a 12-year-old child who had just been dropped off by a school bus in the 100 block of Pennington Drive in Lafayette Parish. The Charles Burke Elementary male student told deputies that a stranger pulled up on the side of him while he was walking and told him to the get into the truck. The child ran home in an obviously fearful state and alerted his mother who called authorities.
Urbana, IL
The Champaign County sheriff's office is seeking information about a reported attempted abduction of two girls Wednesday afternoon in Urbana.
Neither girl was hurt, according to Lt. Greg Mills of the Champaign County sheriff's office.
According to a police report, Champaign County sheriff's deputies and Urbana police were called to the 1500 block of North Broadway Avenue, Urbana, at 3:11 p.m. after two 13-year-old girls reported an attempted abduction.
Bradenton, FL
The Bradenton Police Department is investigating a possible child abduction attempt involving two students who attend Prine Elementary School in Bradenton.
The alleged incident took place yesterday afternoon, Thursday, May 3rd as the two students were walking home from school.
Police in Shawnee
are investigating a possible attempted child abduction after an unknown person
called the school asking for a kindergartner to have his bus drop-off location
switched.
The boy's mom, Amber Crook, is very upset about the incident. She says she has not slept since she got the phone call from her 6-year-old's school saying her child went missing. Thankfully, she was able to pick her son up after the bus route was changed.
Now police and the school are trying to figure out who called the school and requested the little boy's drop-off location to change.
Norfolk, VA
A boy riding his school bus reportedly saw something unsettling Thursday morning and now police are investigating a possible abduction.
According to police, the 12-year-old boy was on his bus in the 1200 block of Norview Avenue, when he spotted a young girl in a van who he believed was being held against her will.
Lafayette, LA
A Lafayette man was arrested yesterday after attempting to pick up a child he did not know from a school bus stop.
Deputies responded to a citizen call concerning a suspected attempted abduction of a 12-year-old child who had just been dropped off by a school bus in the 100 block of Pennington Drive in Lafayette Parish. The Charles Burke Elementary male student told deputies that a stranger pulled up on the side of him while he was walking and told him to the get into the truck. The child ran home in an obviously fearful state and alerted his mother who called authorities.
Urbana, IL
The Champaign County sheriff's office is seeking information about a reported attempted abduction of two girls Wednesday afternoon in Urbana.
Neither girl was hurt, according to Lt. Greg Mills of the Champaign County sheriff's office.
According to a police report, Champaign County sheriff's deputies and Urbana police were called to the 1500 block of North Broadway Avenue, Urbana, at 3:11 p.m. after two 13-year-old girls reported an attempted abduction.
Bradenton, FL
The Bradenton Police Department is investigating a possible child abduction attempt involving two students who attend Prine Elementary School in Bradenton.
The alleged incident took place yesterday afternoon, Thursday, May 3rd as the two students were walking home from school.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Child Abduction Digest 5-7-12
Riverside, CA
On May 2nd, deputies from the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station were advised of a reported child annoyance that occurred on May 1st near Lakeside High School, in the area of Laguna Avenue and Washington Street in the unincorporated area known as Lakeland Village near Lake Elsinore.
It was determined the 13-year-old victim was walking home from the school bus stop when she was approached by a man driving a blue, unknown-make vehicle. He drove alongside her and asked if she needed a ride home. She declined and continued to walk toward her residence.
The teenager became fearful as the vehicle continued to drive alongside her and she took her cell phone out of her purse to call her mother. The driver told her to put the phone away and get in his car.
The victim immediately ran away from the vehicle and to her home, where she advised a family member of the incident.
On May 2nd, deputies from the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station were advised of a reported child annoyance that occurred on May 1st near Lakeside High School, in the area of Laguna Avenue and Washington Street in the unincorporated area known as Lakeland Village near Lake Elsinore.
It was determined the 13-year-old victim was walking home from the school bus stop when she was approached by a man driving a blue, unknown-make vehicle. He drove alongside her and asked if she needed a ride home. She declined and continued to walk toward her residence.
The teenager became fearful as the vehicle continued to drive alongside her and she took her cell phone out of her purse to call her mother. The driver told her to put the phone away and get in his car.
The victim immediately ran away from the vehicle and to her home, where she advised a family member of the incident.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Child Abduction Digest 5-4-12
Bradenton, FL
Police are investigating a report of a possible child abduction attempt near Prine Elementary School in Bradenton.
According to reports, two students were walking home from school on Oxford Drive on Thursday afternoon when they said a man driving a white Hummer stopped, leaned out of the vehicle and asked if they wanted candy.
The students did not respond, and the man drove off.
The suspect is described as a white man between the ages of 25 and 30. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with the hood over his head.
Silver City, NV
A Silver City teen kept his cool and thwarted a man's attempt to grab him on his way to catch the bus on Thursday morning, police said.
The 13-year-old La Plata Middle School student was attacked Thursday morning in the area of 12th and Swan streets, according to Silver City Police.
The suspect, described as a white male who is approximately 40 years old, had not been apprehended by Silver City Police at press time on Thursday, but Capt. Terry Fortenberry said that police had issued an attempt-to-locate for the man as well as the dark blue mini van that witnesses reported he had been driving. Anybody with information regarding the suspect should call the police department.
Police are investigating a report of a possible child abduction attempt near Prine Elementary School in Bradenton.
According to reports, two students were walking home from school on Oxford Drive on Thursday afternoon when they said a man driving a white Hummer stopped, leaned out of the vehicle and asked if they wanted candy.
The students did not respond, and the man drove off.
The suspect is described as a white man between the ages of 25 and 30. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with the hood over his head.
Silver City, NV
A Silver City teen kept his cool and thwarted a man's attempt to grab him on his way to catch the bus on Thursday morning, police said.
The 13-year-old La Plata Middle School student was attacked Thursday morning in the area of 12th and Swan streets, according to Silver City Police.
The suspect, described as a white male who is approximately 40 years old, had not been apprehended by Silver City Police at press time on Thursday, but Capt. Terry Fortenberry said that police had issued an attempt-to-locate for the man as well as the dark blue mini van that witnesses reported he had been driving. Anybody with information regarding the suspect should call the police department.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Child Abduction Digest 5-3-12
Chicago, IL
Winfield police are investigating a possible child abduction attempt that occurred Wednesday morning as a 9-year-old girl was walking to school.
The girl was walking to Pleasant Hill School, 1N 220 Pleasant Hill Road, when a man in a vehicle approached her as she was crossing the street.
Winfield police are investigating a possible child abduction attempt that occurred Wednesday morning as a 9-year-old girl was walking to school.
The girl was walking to Pleasant Hill School, 1N 220 Pleasant Hill Road, when a man in a vehicle approached her as she was crossing the street.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Child Abduction Digest 5-2-12
Tulsa, OK
It was the quick thinking of a young girl that kept what could have been an abduction from taking place Wednesday morning. The young girl had gotten about a block into her three block walk to school when the frightening event happened. In a KRMG exclusive, the ten year olds mother told us what happened. “A red vehicle, a small red truck came and motioned her to come towards them and she immediately turned and ran home.”
The mother took a deep breath and told me “I ran outside immediately to look for the truck but couldn’t see anything.”
It was the quick thinking of a young girl that kept what could have been an abduction from taking place Wednesday morning. The young girl had gotten about a block into her three block walk to school when the frightening event happened. In a KRMG exclusive, the ten year olds mother told us what happened. “A red vehicle, a small red truck came and motioned her to come towards them and she immediately turned and ran home.”
The mother took a deep breath and told me “I ran outside immediately to look for the truck but couldn’t see anything.”
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