Man tries to take child from parked vehicle at gas station, Crab Orchard WV
A man wearing a maroon hoodie tried to take a child from a parked vehicle at a gas station near Stamford Road. The mother intervened and took the child back. The man then fled on foot towards a nearby trailer park.
Audio|Source: Raleigh County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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I just want to make you aware of a call we had near Stamford Road, the little general Stanford.
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Call her as a passerby, she was a witness, and stated that a mom had parked her vehicle, went into the gas station, and that a male in a maroon hoodie went up to the female's vehicle and took a kid out of the vehicle and other kids in the vehicle were screaming not to take them. Then the mom came out and yelled for help.
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She did get the child back and then that male subject took off walking towards the trailer park in a maroon hoodie and that the mother got in the vehicle with her child's mother.
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Virginia Tiger case says no parties are still unseen and the complaint of just wanted to report what she's seen.
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Location mentioned:
Crab Orchard, WV 25827
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