HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010_06_03_Possible abduction unfounded
BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE Greg Williamson, Chief of Police ________________________________________________________________________ Contact: Sergeant Mary DeGeare Public
Information Officer 661-326-3803 mdegeare@Bakersfieldpd.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 3, 2010 On 6/3/10, at 1:32 p.m., two teen aged girls reported what appeared to be child abduction
in the area of Da Vinci Drive and Monet Place. The girls observed what appeared to be a small boy being pulled into a white van. The girls took a good quality photo of the van and the
license plate number was clearly visible. The van is registered out of the Los Angeles area. Units responded to the scene to attempt to confirm the situation. In the meantime, units
set up on main highways leading out of town to monitor traffic for the van. Outlining agencies were notified and law enforcement in Los Angeles responded to the registered owner address
for the van to investigate on that end. Approximately one hour later, Officers Ted King and Robert Robert Yoon located the van near Heath and Hageman Roads. The officers made contact
with the van and it was determined to be a group of telephone book delivery people, one of whom was an extremely small adult woman who was apparently mistaken for a child. Officers made
contact at Independence Elementary school and were provided with a list of names and addresses for children whom were dropped off by the school bus in the neighborhood where the possible
abduction was reported. Officers responded to all of these children’s respective residences and all of them were accounted for. The teen girls should be commended for the brave and expedient
manner in which they handled this potentially disastrous situation.