Saturday, February 11, 2012

What's in The News Today

In Bremen, Georgia a man tries to kidnap a 7-year-old girl in Walmart. The girl was taught about stranger danger and it really paid off. Thomas A. Woods a 25-year-old attempted to kidnap the 7-year-old while her mother was in a different aisle. Store videos showed Woods with his arms around the girl trying to carry her out of the store, but she struggled, kicked him and he released her. He was caught and arrested and he is also on parole for manslaughter charges.  

CBSNEWS. (February 10, 2012). Man tries to carry girl away at Ga. Walmart. Retrieved February 11, 2012, from http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501363_162-57375309/video-man-tries-to-carry-girl-away-at-ga-walmart/



In Pasadena, California a father saves his daughter from being raped. John the father who only wants to by identified by John stated "when he came home at 3 a.m. he heard his 18-year-old daughter screaming. He ran to her room and was horrified when he found a man on top of her. The man took out a knife and threatened the man and his daughter. The father took the part of the bed frame and used it as a weapon and said 'he had no choice he had to fight.' The man ran down the stairs to escape, but the front door was locked and he ran back into the girl's room and escaped the same way he entered through her window." He cut her screen to enter her room. He is still at large. He is between 40 and 50 years-old with brown eyes, curly hair and is 5 feet 11 inches, weighing 180 to 200 pounds. He has facial hair and was wearing a red hooded sweatshirt.

Miller, L. (Los Angeles). Man finds daughter being assaulted in South Pasadena home. abc 7.  Retrieved February 11, 2012, from  http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=8539978

As spring break is approaching there are warnings not to travel to Mexico. The U.S. government  is warning Americans to stay out of Mexico because of the drug-cartal violence. If you must travel to Mexico stay within a mile of the the resort. One of the most popular travel areas is Acapulco. The warning for this state is not travel more than two blocks inland from the boulevard and don't appear to be wealthy.

Kreider, R. (Febraury 10, 2012). Spring Break Travel Warning. Mounting Drug Violence Mexico. Retrieved February 11, 2012, from  http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/spring-break-travel-warning-mounting-violence-mexico/story?id=15555646#.TzaWgDBDHRg

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