BE CAREFUL! Clear Lake, Houston, Texas attempted kidnapping of a child...

This is forwarded from the PTA president at Westbrook but has to do with Clear Lake Intermediate.

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All,

Yesterday (Sunday) around 4:45 pm our worst fear as a parent was nearly realized. I was putting away groceries and preparing dinner while Craig was working on the computer. The kids had been playing outside on our street when Phillip rushed to tell us that "a man tried to take Allison and he saw him." Allison was in shock when she came into the house but was able to tell us what happened. The man pulled up in a white Chevrolet truck and approached Allison from behind as she was pushing Phillip's big wheel home. He told her to "stay still." Thank God she did not listen and instead fought back with a 36 in. toy shovel she had been holding. She hit him several times knocking him off balance. He fell backward to the ground, which gave Allison the opportunity to get away. We called the police and reassured her that she absolutely did the right thing to defend herself and get away. Craig rallied the neighbors to gather information and notify others in our subdivision. Allison was able to give the police a description of his vehicle, clothing, hair, face, etc. The officer confirmed Allison's description which matched an earlier report on Friday near Clear Lake Intermediate school. A person matching the same description with the same vehicle tried to abduct another child in the area. That child ran all the way to Whitcombe Elementary School to report what had happened. The officer believes that this person chose this time when schools would not be able to get a letter out to parents. We have encouraged Allison to be empowered to help others rather than be fearful. She is helping Craig to inform others and will testify. We pray that this person is caught before he succeeds. We are shaken but not destroyed, and will cope by prayer, keeping our routine, and talking about it often. I may be a little out of it today, but I thought you should know what we are dealing with. This can happen in any neighborhood at any time at the most benign moment. We thought we were vigilant parents, but it takes only the opportunity of one unguarded moment for evil to strike.

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I just received a description of the man who has attempted to kidnap two children near CLIS. Please be on the lookout for this man and call the police if you see him.

Gina Rico

WIS PTA President

He is 5'7", white, has short dark hair and was of "regular" build (not too thin or heavyset). He was wearing a yellow jacket and jeans. He was driving a white, newer model Chevy truck (could have been a pickup or it could have been something like a Tahoe). He matches the description of another attempted abduction on Friday morning at Clear Lake Intermediate. The police feel that he will try again.