Thursday, March 29, 2012

Police Investigating Attempted Abductions

{Charleston, West Virginia}...West Virginia State Police are working to identify suspects believed to be involved in three attempted abductions involving teenage girls within the past two weeks. About 7:00 A.M. March 22nd, a 17 year old girl in Williamson was walking to catch a school bus when a man began following her, grabbed her and held a gun to her head, but ran off when a car drove by. Later on March 22nd, in neighboring Wayne County, a 13 year old girl was heading to practice with her volleyball team at the Buffalo Kindergarten Complex in Kenova when a man in a white van tried to abduct her. Tuesday of this week, Kanawha County Sheriff's Deputies were called to the 200 block of Winfield Road about 6:45 A.M. after an 18 year old female said a man in a white cargo van pulled up while she was waiting for the school bus, jumped out and tried to grab her.