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Uploaded: Saturday, July 14, 2007, 8:57 AM
Attempted kidnapping near M-A High School
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 | A 16-year-old girl walking home from Menlo-Atherton High School was the target of an attempted kidnapping on July 10, Menlo Park police have reported.
A man driving a white pick-up truck followed the girl and reportedly tried to lure her into his vehicle near the intersection of Ringwood Avenue and Oakwood Drive at 3:15 p.m. He asked the girl how old she was, then grabbed her hands and began pulling her toward his truck, police said.
An unknown witness yelled at the man, and he released the girl, who ran home and reported the incident to the police, said Acting Sgt. Matthew Ortega.
The truck was last seen heading north on Van Buren Avenue. The suspected kidnapper is described as a Hispanic man with bushy eyebrows, in his early 20s, about 5 feet 1 inch tall, and weighing about 145 pounds.
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Posted by in the blink of a n...?, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jul 15, 2007 at 11:12 am why was an attepted kidnapping that occurred on July 10th not posted online until July 14? It was posted to your Almanac website on Fri the 13th, still 3 days after incident occurred.
Seems strange that in today's electronic day and age the public isn't alerted to an incident such as this within the hour.
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Posted by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Jul 15, 2007 at 3:48 pm Time to put 4-way vidiocams at every major intersection to tape all traffic.
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Posted by jim ortega, a resident of Menlo Park, on Jul 15, 2007 at 10:51 pm Time to sequester hispanics as they cross 101 into Menlo Park and Palo Alto.
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Posted by Nora Charles, a resident of Stanford, on Jul 16, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Nora Charles is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online I agree with Walter Wallis. We should follow London's lead and put cameras in crucial areas throughout the city. Those innocently going about their business shouldn't mind being taped if it means criminals can be identified and arrested.
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Posted by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jul 16, 2007 at 3:33 pm I knew that there were some who agreed with me on this subject!!
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