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Was this in the Times Daily? I heard about it earlier in the week on the local news in Georgia.
It was on the 2nd or 3rd page of the Region section. Also, it's Colburn Mt. not Colbert Mt. I can't remember which way the paper had it listed. This is certainly a shame. Kids can't even play outside anymore, even in their own yard!! 
These poor little girls. Hard to imagine that we played all over the place when we were kids and only feared the occasional bully.
quote:t was on the 2nd or 3rd page of the Region section.
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ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!????? Okay, after some weirdo has done the dirty deed and gets caught, they put that as a headline for the region section. But when they have the chance to possibly help catch this perv BEFORE he hurts a child, they miss the chance and bury the article two pages deep.
TIMES DAILY: THAT IS TERRIBLE!!!!
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Odd that it would make the 10:00 t.v. news in Georgia and be buried locally.
Last month my daughter's best friend was walking to another building on her school's campus. A young man (late 20s- early 30s) drove up beside her and asked her how she was doing. She said, "Fine, thanks." He said, "Good...now get in the truck." She said, "No! I don't know you." He said, "Get in the f**ck!ng truck right now!" She threw her books down and ran into the school building. The guy drove off. Two days later a man fitting his description and driving the same very distinct truck tried to get a 10 year old boy to get in his truck.
These are all people I personally know and live near in my neighborhood. The girl's dad is an attorney with the AG office and he put the full-court press on the police to find this SOB. There was an immediate reaction of the mothers. We all got on the phone and warned other parents to spread the word that this creep was on the prowl. I personally followed 2 different trucks fitting the description to get their tag numbers, but they were not the right trucks. I seriously considered carrying around a baseball bat in my car in case I ever came across this person. I get so mad when I think of what he tried to do. I heard of another attempted abduction the next week in a nearby city. I have no idea if it was real or related. Parents must be on the alert and teach their children to be aware and safe. It is absolutely terrible that we live in a world that has child predators, but the fact is that we do and we have to protect our children. If I had come across him a few days after he tried to take An****, I think I would have killed him.
My blood pressure is through the roof after thinking about this.
These are all people I personally know and live near in my neighborhood. The girl's dad is an attorney with the AG office and he put the full-court press on the police to find this SOB. There was an immediate reaction of the mothers. We all got on the phone and warned other parents to spread the word that this creep was on the prowl. I personally followed 2 different trucks fitting the description to get their tag numbers, but they were not the right trucks. I seriously considered carrying around a baseball bat in my car in case I ever came across this person. I get so mad when I think of what he tried to do. I heard of another attempted abduction the next week in a nearby city. I have no idea if it was real or related. Parents must be on the alert and teach their children to be aware and safe. It is absolutely terrible that we live in a world that has child predators, but the fact is that we do and we have to protect our children. If I had come across him a few days after he tried to take An****, I think I would have killed him.
My blood pressure is through the roof after thinking about this.
quote:Last month my daughter's best friend was walking to another building on her school's campus. A young man (late 20s- early 30s) drove up beside her and asked her how she was doing. She said, "Fine, thanks." He said, "Good...now get in the truck." She said, "No! I don't know you." He said, "Get in the f**ck!ng truck right now!" She threw her books down and ran into the school building. The guy drove off. Two days later a man fitting his description and driving the same very distinct truck tried to get a 10 year old boy to get in his truck
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MANDOMAMA: Was this in the Shoals area, too??
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No, another state.
It, too, didn't make the local news. I wonder why they didn't report it. But the parents of our little community were certainly concerned and angry that someone out there wanted to take our children.
It, too, didn't make the local news. I wonder why they didn't report it. But the parents of our little community were certainly concerned and angry that someone out there wanted to take our children.
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Odd that it would make the 10:00 t.v. news in Georgia and be buried locally.
Sadly, it sometimes seems the TD is more an extension of the Chamber of Commerce than an independent source of news - good or bad - for the Shoals area.
you make a good point ed,except for one thing. TD will take some of the STRANGEST things and plaster the front page with it.
Very little of the bad stuff will be on the front page,got to remember this is a no-crime,Mayberry like, wannbe retirement community.
Issues such as the one from the beginng post NEEDS to be plastered on the front page,on the radio stations etc. It was a blessing those little girls got away from the man,,but he got away also,,,,,,,,,,,whos child will not be so lucky?
Very little of the bad stuff will be on the front page,got to remember this is a no-crime,Mayberry like, wannbe retirement community.
Issues such as the one from the beginng post NEEDS to be plastered on the front page,on the radio stations etc. It was a blessing those little girls got away from the man,,but he got away also,,,,,,,,,,,whos child will not be so lucky?
i'm grateful the kids knew how to respond, and did!
Two young girls from NW Alabama were visiting a state park in NE Mississippi, wandered off on their own and were molested. I don't know if this was reported to local authorities or not. I heard this from someone that knew the girls.
Please, everyone, watch your children they are not safe anywhere!
Please, everyone, watch your children they are not safe anywhere!
Did anyone else read the article in the paper? I've thrown my away, but I think the article mentioned that the person "walked" up into the yard where the children were playing, made the kids scream by grabbing one and then "ran" away from the yard through the woods. My big question was, "Did he have a car or was he a member of that community, maybe a few blocks down where the kids didn't know him, and he just ran home?" Very scary stuff.
there was a guy here in Haleyville hanging around the kids at the ball feild. He didn't have a child playing so the parents became suspicious and called the police. Come to find out he was a molester relocated from Michagan. He has been told that he is not return to the ballfield for any reason and every one in Haleyville is watching out for him{legal red tape kept him from being arrested.}He was driving a pickup also. Maybe police in quad cities need to check him out.Haleyville is a very small and close community so his "hunting grounds"are limited him now
Just like todays online version of the TD,.... a cat and a squirrel? Who cares? And the Mayberry comment....... too funny. And true.quote:Originally posted by smurph:
you make a good point ed,except for one thing. TD will take some of the STRANGEST things and plaster the front page with it.
Very little of the bad stuff will be on the front page,got to remember this is a no-crime,Mayberry like, wannbe retirement community.
Issues such as the one from the beginng post NEEDS to be plastered on the front page,on the radio stations etc. It was a blessing those little girls got away from the man,,but he got away also,,,,,,,,,,,whos child will not be so lucky?
1. If he was a "molester" as you say, that would make him a convicted sex offender and if he wasn't registered he could certainly have been arrested. If he wasn't ever convicted of a sex offense, he has just as much right as you and I to hang out at the ball field.
2. Watching kids play ball if you don't have one playing is reason to call the police? That's going to be bad news for lots of Friday night football fans come fall.
3. Could the "legal red tape" that kept him from being arrested be that he hadn't done anything illegal? Or was it because the Haleyville cops couldn't find their one set of handcuffs?
Yeah, let's get the lynch mob after this guy and have the cops follow him around. We can't have innocent people running around loose.
2. Watching kids play ball if you don't have one playing is reason to call the police? That's going to be bad news for lots of Friday night football fans come fall.
3. Could the "legal red tape" that kept him from being arrested be that he hadn't done anything illegal? Or was it because the Haleyville cops couldn't find their one set of handcuffs?
Yeah, let's get the lynch mob after this guy and have the cops follow him around. We can't have innocent people running around loose.
He was a convicted molester from Michagan. It was stamped on his drivers license. The very competent Haleyville police ...just as competent as yours] couldn't arrest him because Michagan has not forwarded his arrest and probation papers to Alabama.Haleyville police even called the state attorney general to try to do something but since his files have not been sent from Michagan he has not received his"due process hearing" so there fore can't be arrested in alabama. Hw was not just watching the children. He was following some around, helping them climb steps, following them to concession stand,buying them snacks 'giving them high fives. following them as they walked to rest room. All Haleyville has been raising all H*** because he wasn't arresred but HPD said they did all they could and some hae confronted the attornery to find out why. GO to HBTV Haleyville and read the story yourself. Why are you sounding so defensive. All I was doing was trying to warn you guys in case it is the same one. There is even a link to the MIchagan sex offender site on the HB TV haleyville link
most school sports fields are usually on school property. i thought unauthorized adults were not allowed on school grounds?
sorry lawguy but if i were a parent and some strange man began hanging around my kid and buddies,I too would not like this at all. Too creepy.
sorry lawguy but if i were a parent and some strange man began hanging around my kid and buddies,I too would not like this at all. Too creepy.
ahh from reading the article it was a Dixie Youth league,not affiliated with school