garbage truck employees spot sex offenders car with 10 year old girl, block his car

[Demovictory9]

Dion Merrick, left, described how he and his colleague parked their garbage truck, right, at the end of a path in order to stop a suspect's vehicle from getting away



Merrick and Antoine took swift action, using their garbage truck to block the Nissan's exit and stop it from escaping, and calling the police.

When police arrived, they arrested registered sex offender Michael Sereal, 33, and rescued ten-year-old Lasalle from his car. Sereal is now in jail accused of aggravated kidnapping.

Cellphone video, taken by Merrick, shows Sereal being arrested by police and walked to their car as the sanitation worker addresses the camera.

'Thank god they got him now,' said Merrick, who says he is the father of a little girl. 'I just saved that little girl's life. They got him, thanks to two Pelican drivers.'

'That girl is ten years old. The car right there the girl is safe right now, thank god, because I have a little girl.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9244339/Two-sanitation-workers-rescue-kidnapped-girl-10-Louisiana.html

[Blue Owl]

1. Bravo! Now it's time to take out the REAL trash...

Throw that abductor in the klink

[malaise]

3. I see what you did there

[Best_man23]

2. Now that is what I call taking out the trash

Hope those sanitation workers get recognized.

[CaptainTruth]

9. +1000!

[Lunabell]

4. I wonder how many other little children he has hurt.

Possibly killed. He needs a life sentence or he will just do it again.

[TallMike]

10. Indeed

The DM's article outlines this guys repeated violations.
The system tried but obviously failed.
How many more indeed...

[patphil]

5. Merrick and Antoine, two more great American Heros.

[wendyb-NC]

6. They are heroes

They were in the right place, at the right time.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Simply Outstanding!

Fast thinking, guys! You both should be proud!

[Dorian Gray]

8. THank goodness for those men

and their quick thinking. They probably saved that girl's life.

[BobTheSubgenius]

11. That little girl and her family...oh, my.

Those two men will be part of that family's story forever. A very, very good part.

[demigoddess]

12. those two guys should get medals and a raise. Glad they weren't hurt, as well as the rescued girl.

[VA_Jill]

13. I read somewhere

that the a-hole who was arrested is a relative or something of the little girl's family. I bet he'd been grooming her for awhile. I hope he gets put away for a long time. Thanks to these guys the trash has been collected and taken away!