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Dad knocks out kidnapper, saves daughter at park
WDBJ7 ^ | April 10, 2018 | CBS13

Posted on 04/10/2018 9:34:39 PM PDT by Perseverando

AUBURN, Calif. (CBS13) -- A California dad has been called a hero after knocking out a kidnapper to rescue his 3-year-old daughter.

Freddie Cantrell lives across the street from Regional Park in Auburn, California, where his two girls were playing with their mother and stepfather Sunday evening.

He said park is a place they used to love, but now is part of their biggest nightmare.

“I got a phone call from the mother saying, ‘Hey you got to get down here quick. Somebody tried to kidnap Aubrey,'” Cantrell told CBS Sacramento.

The incident unfolded in front of their 6-year-old daughter, Natalie.

“The guy walked up and started dragging Aubrey and running with her and skipping with her,” Natalie said.

The 3-year-old's mom and stepfather ran after the suspect, and Cantrell ran towards them from the opposite side of the park.

“He tried to swing at me with handcuffs wrapped around his fingers and try to use them as brass knuckles, and that’s when I just took action and try to knock him out,” Cantrell remembered.

Placer County authorities quickly arrived to the scene following the citizen's arrest and took 26-year-old Yonel Hernandez-Velasco into custody for attempted kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon.

Many neighbors told CBS 13 they're grateful the man is out of their neighborhood.

“If I saw that I would go after the person too because someone’s kid you know,” said a man who lives nearby and walks his two dogs.


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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

We didn’t vote for anything, this is just what they put upon us


41 posted on 04/11/2018 2:35:28 AM PDT by Rj Snows (Some years back Sacramento area used to be the capital of tomatoes)
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To: Perseverando
Personally I would have preferred the perp to be beaten within an inch of his life.

Or one inch beyond that.

42 posted on 04/11/2018 2:47:32 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Perseverando
26 year old Yonel Hernandez-Velasco was simply skipping and playing with a 3 year old he doesn't know, while carrying handcuffs, coincidentally in a direction away from his family, and quickly. It's a different culture. We are evil and intolerant for not understanding. We should be ashamed for interrupting their adventure together. The father will be arrested for battery shortly.
43 posted on 04/11/2018 3:09:38 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: politicianslie

“If I was illegally CC in Kalifornia and I shot him to save the little girl and likely my own life, would I expect jail time by the crazy liberals?”

Yes. Especially if the perv you shot was an illegal alien. Their safety is preeminent in California, above all others’ safety.


44 posted on 04/11/2018 3:14:50 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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To: Perseverando

California will rush to release before ICE can get there. If necessary, Governor Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown will issue an emergency pardon.


45 posted on 04/11/2018 3:32:17 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: All

Cosmically speaking it would have been justice if the Dad had beaten him to death, but of course when Libs decide who is protected...


46 posted on 04/11/2018 4:51:45 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: Perseverando

http://www.kcra.com/article/auburn-mother-goes-to-court-faces-man-accused-of-grabbing-her-daughter/19739394

More details above. Buried at the bottom of the story. Bet the guy’s an illegal. And CA gave him sanctuary.


47 posted on 04/11/2018 4:55:39 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: Guardian Sebastian
"He had handcuffs? What a sick SOB."

From another source;
"Immediately before that incident, the suspect had reportedly asked a group of boys that he would handcuff one of them and drag them into the Regional Park pond, the Sheriff’s Office said."

http://www.auburnjournal.com/article/4/09/18/placer-sheriff-child-kidnapping-auburn-park

48 posted on 04/11/2018 5:03:52 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: politicianslie

You might say that you found the gun and it accidentally discharged and the bullet ricocheted into the head(s) of the unfortunate(s) pursuing their freedom and a good life.


49 posted on 04/11/2018 5:09:15 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

This happened in Auburn CA which is not a blue city


50 posted on 04/11/2018 5:14:08 AM PDT by Not gonna take it anymore (Now that Trump has won, I don't have to post about halfwit anymore)
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To: Perseverando

Too bad he didn’t stick an icepick in his ear before cops arrived.....


51 posted on 04/11/2018 5:18:46 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progressives, or Democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!)
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To: Perseverando

Too bad he didn’t stick an icepick in his ear before cops arrived.....


52 posted on 04/11/2018 5:18:47 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progressives, or Democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!)
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To: Perseverando

Which way should the inch be?


53 posted on 04/11/2018 5:19:04 AM PDT by cyclotic ( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)
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To: Not gonna take it anymore

Auburn is the county seat of Placer county, represented by Tom McClintock a Republican who has also run for governor. Nice place in many ways.


54 posted on 04/11/2018 5:23:16 AM PDT by cicero2k
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To: G Larry

Given the poor communications skills exhibited by most “journalists” these days, it’s a toss-up.

In honor of the hero dad, though, I’m going to blame this one on the reporter/author...

;-)


55 posted on 04/11/2018 5:49:56 AM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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To: Perseverando

He would not have lived if i got my hands on him. They would have to dig the hand cuffs out of him.


56 posted on 04/11/2018 5:57:17 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: Doogle
As others have noted on this thread, Auburn and Placer County, extending from Sacramento County through north Lake Tahoe to the Nevada state line, is one of the most conservative areas of California (quite a few State of Jefferson signs and banners about.

However, the "progressive" cancer is beginning to invade from the west as the Leftists living in Sacramento flee from the mess they have created there and to spread their warped utopian "ideals" to the extensive "normal" areas of the state far from the coastal blight. It's truly sad to watch ... but resistance to the "progressive" cancer remains strong in many areas of Placer County.

57 posted on 04/11/2018 6:01:02 AM PDT by glennaro
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To: Teacher317
Good point. We must tolerate, nay, celebrate, the cultures of our illegal immigrants lest we be labeled "racist" or "xenophobe" or hater".

For all we know Spring is the season of the ancient "Festival of Stranger Child Abduction" in his home country and he was just honoring his heritage by performing the ancient and sacred ceremonies of his "people"...

;-)

58 posted on 04/11/2018 6:01:48 AM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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To: Perseverando

“Meanwhile, on the way to the police cruiser, the perp somehow managed to fall 42 times, suffering bruises, scrapes, lacerations and at least 47 broken bones.”

THAT would be the appropriate story.


59 posted on 04/11/2018 6:45:38 AM PDT by spacewarp (FreeRepublic, Rush's show prep since foundation.)
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To: Rastus

“...but a Dirty Sanchez was a bridge too far!”

Dude, that’s just not right. Funny tho.


60 posted on 04/11/2018 7:01:23 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Progressivism is socialism. Venezuela is how it ends.)
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