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    Video: Man tries to carry girl away at Ga. Walmart

    BREMEN, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a 7-year-old girl recalled her stranger danger training and was able to get away from a parolee who tried to abduct her at a Walmart store in west Georgia.

    Police Chief Keith Pesnell says 25-year-old Thomas A. Woods of Austell, Ga., tried to take the girl Wednesday from a toy aisle while her mom was in a different aisle.

    Security video from the store shows a man carrying the girl away, releasing her after she struggled to get away.

    Pesnell says Woods faces a charge of attempted kidnapping and was out on parole after being convicted of voluntary manslaughter in a suburban Atlanta county.

    Atlanta TV station WAGA reports Woods said he is innocent and denied the abduction attempt as he was being led into jail.

     

    59 comments

    • KathyL  •  3 mths ago
      Walmart needs to put a BIG sign on the front door to tell parents to keep their children with them at all times.....the toy aisle is not Walmart's daycare center.
    • Barry  •  Phoenix, Arizona  •  3 mths ago
      we started w/ women's lib:no more protection-escort from husband,dad,older brother,younger bro,AND no training,mindset,or wpns for them to protect themslves.so rapes,etc go up,rapists in revolving door "justice" system.
      now we've devolved to routinely have young children unescorted
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Mesa, Arizona  •  3 mths ago
      Give him to me for a while. I was raped and molested as a child. I know what to do.
    • Katara  •  Tampa, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      Lol stranger danger classes?? i never thought that wiuld help people but it sure does show in this incident!!
    • Robert F  •  Bossier City, Louisiana  •  3 mths ago
      where is an angry violent vigilante mob when you need them?
    • Stephen  •  3 mths ago
      paroled for voluntary manslaughter? Why was he among us?
    • MK23  •  3 mths ago
      He must be comvicted of kidnapping and put away for life.
      • Stephen 3 mths ago
        and not paroled again
    • Rinaldo  •  3 mths ago
      And the "video" is where?
      • Tee 3 mths ago
        Talk about "bait & switch".
    • John  •  3 mths ago
      Lock him up and throw the key in the ocean.
    • blueyes  •  3 mths ago
      Caught with his hand in the proverbial cookie jar, and still he denies it. Throw him under the jail.
    • Woody the VIII  •  3 mths ago
      WHAT VIDEO?????
      • Tee 3 mths ago
        Yeah right?!!! Wasn't that an amazing video??!!! NOT!
    • Lowell  •  New Orleans, Louisiana  •  3 mths ago
      Kill him! I'm sick of people hurting children.
    • Mac_357  •  Augusta, Georgia  •  3 mths ago
      It wasn't me!! Famous last words even with the video evidence staring you in the face.
    • Matthew R  •  Houston, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      I think it's awesome the way that girl fought off the SOB.
    • EMHGlobal  •  Elkton, Maryland  •  3 mths ago
      I don't know what he learned in prison, but he apparently did not learn about security cameras... and then says he's innocent ? What an idiot. They certainly will have him on a parole violation.
    • Arliss Bayless  •  3 mths ago
      scorpions and fire ants in the pants for him
    • Hawk  •  3 mths ago
      Very happy this little girl got away... but if our justice system doesn't lock this guy away for life, the next little girl may not get so lucky. He will surley hone his craft while incarcerated.
      • JoeMawma 3 mths ago
        How will he hone his craft? Do they have little girls in the same jail as male felons?
      • Hawk 3 mths ago
        You're about a dumb mother fckuer JoeMawma, but I bet you could tell us all about jails, prisons and prison rape. Fggato
    • 1300 Beaubien  •  Detroit, Michigan  •  3 mths ago
      I have three adult daughters. I have always been aware of perverts and would have never allowed them to stray from my side at 7-years-old. When they became tweens, I would always tell them to do the same thing that this little girl did. Kick, scream, bite. Whatever it takes to get away. As teenagers, I told them never under any circumstances go with anyone at gunpoint. They're going to kill you anyway so you might as well force them to kill you where there may be witnesses as opposed to some old funky vacant house.
      I also notice that a lot of parents have a false since of security because they live and shop in the suburbs. they should really, really check their state website to see just how many predators live in their neighborhood. It's a real eye-opener. I found 30 within a quarter mile radius, $275,000 homes and all.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Seattle, Washington  •  3 mths ago
      WHY??? Fry that SOB NOW!
    • Gee,You Are Special  •  Sydney, Australia  •  3 mths ago
      How's that for 'reform'? Jails are a waste. 7 billion people on the planet, trust me-NOBODY
      will miss this sc█mbag,take him out back and dispose of him.
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