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Fake Child kidnapping at park leads to real outrage
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:25 am
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:25 am
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SEQUIM, Wash. - Police are investigating possible charges against people who staged a fake kidnapping in a park, terrifying parents and children who thought it was real.
Onlookers in the park watched as a minivan with two masked men pulled up. One man then jumped out, grabbed a toddler and took off. He was the boy's father. He later returned and explained the incident was recorded to create a video for social media on child abduction prevention and awareness.
No decision had been reached as of Wednesday on whether to file charges, said Victoria Ormand, assistant to Police Chief Bill Dickinson.
Dickinson told the Peninsula Daily News at least two people were under investigation in the Saturday afternoon incident at Carrie Blake Park.
They could be charged with dangerous conduct or with failing to obtain a permit, City Attorney Craig Ritchie said.
Two brothers from Port Angeles posted a video Tuesday, claiming responsibility, the newspaper said. They said they had notified police minutes before, but there was no warning to people in the park.
Witness Tiffany Barnett chased the van for about a block in an unsuccessful attempt to get the license plate number.
"I was shaking and bawling when I was running, and then I felt like a failure for not getting the information," Barnett said.
Learning the incident was staged "was like a big slap in the face," she said.
Barnett said a woman who identified herself as the "abducted" boy's mother told her "this was a research report to see how the public would react."
Frightened children were calling their parents to come and pick them up, while several adults at the park were screaming.
"They were all screaming, 'You don't do that to people's kids. How would you like it if someone's kids got taken right next to yours?'" Barnett said.
Officers arrived at the park while onlookers were yelling at the would-be kidnappers who apologized.
"It scared the crap out of our kids," Barnett said Monday. "It just makes me angry."
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Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:26 am to Sentrius
I guess theater is dead.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:31 am to Sentrius
Great way to get shot in the face
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:32 am to Sentrius
Pretty fricked up to do that.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:34 am to Sentrius
Awww the kids and parents were scared? good, now they know the real risk of kidnapping, which was the point of the video in the first place. Sorry they ruined your idea that the world was perfect.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:37 am to GEAUXmedic
Eh, these dudes warned police only like two or four minutes before the act. It may have been fake but it was a downright amateur job if they were going to do it under the premise of raising awareness. It could've ended badly for them.
This post was edited on 4/18/14 at 12:42 am
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:39 am to DrSteveBrule
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Great way to get shot in the face
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:43 am to Sentrius
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Eh, these dudes warned police only like two or four minutes before the act. It may have been fake but it was a downright amateur job if they were going to do it under the premise of raising awareness. It could've ended badly for them.
yeah i agree that was the wrong way of going about it, but come on, too much unnecessary outrage
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:47 am to GEAUXmedic
Well, the people mad about it sure as shite got a life lesson out of it and what to not do in that scenario with their kids.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 1:03 am to DrSteveBrule
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Great way to get shot in the face
That's the first thing I thought when reading that.
Something like that could have gone really bad if some random guy with a conceal carry firearm happened to be walking by.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 2:12 am to Sentrius
I don't have kids. I guess I can understand the outrage, but this story made me laugh.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 2:16 am to Sentrius
The people responsible for the fake kidnapping are also responsible for a number of other pranks. He faked a hold up in a jewelry store and there are a few more things. He would have already been shot if he lived in the south.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 2:20 am to DrSteveBrule
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Great way to get shot in the face
No kidding. This could have ended so badly.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 2:21 am to GEAUXmedic
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Awww the kids and parents were scared? good, now they know the real risk of kidnapping, which was the point of the video in the first place. Sorry they ruined your idea that the world was perfect.
As if we/they didn't already know that kidnapping was a thing? Your last sentence is ridiculous. You don't have to be unaware that kidnappings exists, to be affected by witnessing one(or what you thought was a real one).
This post was edited on 4/18/14 at 2:41 am
Posted on 4/18/14 at 2:35 am to Cobrasize
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The people responsible for the fake kidnapping are also responsible for a number of other pranks. He faked a hold up in a jewelry store and there are a few more things. He would have already been shot if he lived in the south.
Really? How do you know this?
Posted on 4/18/14 at 2:41 am to lsufan_26
Posted on 4/18/14 at 6:48 pm to Cobrasize
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Twinztv
I think this is the link to their youtube channel
Aside from the fake stuff, it's pretty lame.
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