California teens abducted after prom but break free from captor
Source: Reuters
California teens abducted after prom but break free from captor
By Alex Dobuzinskis
May 4, 2016
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A 22-year-old man with a handgun kidnapped a teenage couple over the weekend in Southern California after their high school prom, but the abduction was foiled when the boy wrestled away the firearm and hit the suspect with it, police said on Wednesday.
Jared T. James appeared in court on Wednesday in Victorville, about 60 miles (100 km) northeast of Los Angeles, to face charges of kidnapping and attempted murder, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office said.
It was not immediately clear if James had entered a plea and an attorney for him could not be located.
James, who had known the 17-year-old girl since their childhood, approached her and her boyfriend on Saturday outside the boy's home in Victorville, the Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
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vkkv
(3,384 posts)this?
I'm not pro-death penalty but violent people need to be removed from society. Prison won't do this guy any good. He's done.
Akicita
(1,196 posts)Peace Patriot
(24,010 posts)George McFly becomes a hero to his sweetheart Lorraine by punching out the bully Biff for his rude advances on Lorraine at the prom, and thus Marty McFly's parents get together to engender Marty who has traveled back in time by accident and almost foiled his own parents' meeting.
I mean--serious as this was in reality, for the teenage abductees--I immediately thought of the effects of the boy's heroics on the girl, as in that iconic movie. I hope everything works out for them!