Martin Middle beefs up security after attempted kidnapping
>> COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON.
>> RIGHT NOW, WE ARE STAYING ON
TOP OF A SCARY SITUATION WE
HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ALL
AFTERNOON.
OUTSIDE OF RALEIGH MIDDLE
SCHOOL.
GOOD EVENING.
>> I'M JOE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
A MAN IN A RED TRUCK TRIED TO
GRAB A STUDENT TRYING TO WALK
TO MARTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
ERIN THOMAS IS LIVE THERE
TONIGHT.
ERIN.
>> CERTAINLY A SCARY ORDEAL FOR
PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
SINCE WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR
HOURS, WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL
PEOPLE WALKING, RUNNING, EVEN
RIDING THE BIKE BECAUSE THEY
HEARD ABOUT AN ATTEMPTED
ABDUCTION IS PRETTY SCARY.
THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THIS
INCIDENT SO FAR.
THE STUDENT WAS WALKING TO
SCHOOL ALONG RIDGE ROAD.
THAT IS WHEN THE MAN WHO
INVESTIGATORS DESCRIBE AS AN
OLDER WHITE MEN DRIVING A
PICKUP TRUCK APPROACHED THE
CHILD AND TRYING TO GRAB THEM.
THE CHILD DID FORTUNATELY GET
AWAY.
AND GOT HELP FROM STAFF MEMBERS
AT THE SCHOOL.
KATE ATTENDS MARTIN MIDDLE
SCHOOL TELLS ME THAT THIS
INCIDENT HAS TAUGHT HER TO BE
MORE AWARE OF HER SURROUNDINGS
AS SHE WALKS THE SCHOOL EVERY
DAY.
>> BE ALERT AND LIKE TRY AND
HAVE SOMEONE WITH YOU.
AND HAVE A GOOD WAY TO LIKE
RUNAWAY.
>> NOW, ON OUR LATE NEWS AT
1011, WE WILL HEAR FROM SOME OF
THE NEIGHBORS REACTING TO THIS
INCIDENT.
PLUS, WHAT THE SCHOOL IS
RECOMMENDING STUDENTS WHAT THEY
SHOULD BE DOING IF THEY WALK TO
SCHOOL.
ALSO, I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE
PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION WITH