California teens abducted after prom but break free from captor [View all]
Source: Reuters
California teens abducted after prom but break free from captor
By Alex Dobuzinskis
May 4, 2016
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A 22-year-old man with a handgun kidnapped a teenage couple over the weekend in Southern California after their high school prom, but the abduction was foiled when the boy wrestled away the firearm and hit the suspect with it, police said on Wednesday.
Jared T. James appeared in court on Wednesday in Victorville, about 60 miles (100 km) northeast of Los Angeles, to face charges of kidnapping and attempted murder, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office said.
It was not immediately clear if James had entered a plea and an attorney for him could not be located.
James, who had known the 17-year-old girl since their childhood, approached her and her boyfriend on Saturday outside the boy's home in Victorville, the Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
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