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I read a story about a sex offender who attempted to kidnap an 8-year-old girl while she and her family were shopping at Wal-Mart in Waterville, Maine. This happens every day but it's not such a common occurrence in rural Maine. It serves as a reminder that our children should never be out of our sight even for a moment.
http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/2801608.shtml
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Kidnap attempt foiled
By DOUG HARLOW
Staff Writer
WATERVILLE -- A Code Adam alert at Wal-Mart and quick action by two local men Saturday afternoon saved an 8-year-old girl from an abduction attempt by a man out on bail for a child-sex crime, police said.
Waterville police Sgt. Jeffrey Bearce said 56-year-old Richard P. Decca of Winding Hill Road in Norridgewock is charged with leading the girl from the store to a car in the parking lot.
A call came to the police switchboard from Wal-Mart security at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday reporting a missing child, Bearce said.
"They immediately did, I believe they call it a Code Adam -- they locked the store down, nobody in, nobody out," he said. "A minute or so after that two gentlemen came to the outside of the door from the parking lot with the 8-year-old girl, who was the missing child, along with a male subject."
The men had heard the alert over the store intercom and recognized her red hair, skirt and sweater.
http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/2801608.shtml
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