Posted on 02/28/2005 1:17:17 PM PST by ambrose
Boy Allegedly Abducted In Local Restaurant's Bathroom Man Faces Several Charges
UPDATED: 10:05 pm EST December 23, 2003
PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- Police said a 9-year-old boy dining with his grandfather had just gone into the restroom of a local restaurant when someone inside tried to molest the child.
NewsChannel 4's Larry Roberts reported that the alleged incident occurred as the Cracker Barrel restaurant was packed with diners.
When the young boy tried to break away, police said the alleged assailant, James Stroud, choked him and then punched him in the stomach. Two customers heard the boy's screams coming from the restroom, Roberts reported.
"This gentleman pulled his pants down, the little boy's pants, and the boy pulled them back up," said Pickerington Police Cmdr. Steven Annetts. "Mr. Stroud decided to pull his pants down and get the little boy to touch him. The boy refused."
When police arrived, they found Stroud, 21, hiding in adjacent restroom stall. The customers who rescued the victim declined to be interviewed.
"(The customers) don't want to be called heroes, but I think they are," Annetts said. "To get involved like this, the boy has to be traumatized by this."
Stroud is charged with kidnapping, abduction, attempted gross sexual imposition, and assault.
Police said that in November, Stroud had been charged with voyeurism and child endangerment.
Watch NewsChannel 4 and refresh nbc4columbus.com for additional information.
I always go with my son.
A bullet is too good for this slime.
Better just pray the cops find you before I do if it were my kid.... wouldn't be anything left of this bastard to find.
Get a rope.
Had it been my son he wouldn't have been alone, that said I would have killed the perv in the john with my own hands and taken my chances.
how can you be so harsh? this is simply an alternative lifestyle that we must embrace and respect.
When police arrived, they found Stroud, 21, hiding in adjacent restroom stall.Ain't no place to hide in in the pokey.
I remember when this story hit the news. Pickerington is a suburb (East) of Columbus, Ohio. My question then, also from others, was if this guy had problems before when he was arrested just shortyly before this incident, why was he on the street?
The gay cruising got so bad where I used to work that they posted a security guard in the bathroom. A man was caught looking over the stall at a ten year old boy. Wrong boy because his dad was NYPD and was waiting outside for him.
I agree. This is only the case we know about. I would guess there are other victims.
Gentleman???
That poor grandfather probably feels very guilty too. Here he thought he was spending some time with his grandson and then this happens. So sad. At least it sounds like the guy didn't succeed, thanks to some alert customers.
WTF!!!!
I would like to know how someone grows up with this sort of "sexual orientation." What kind of monster sexually attacks a 9-year-old kid in a public bathroom?
"This gentleman pulled his pants down"
GODDAMN IT, what is WITH people calling ALL CRIMINALS "GENTLEMEN" when they talk about them?
And no1 *else* is ever called a "gentleman" these days?
THESE SCUM ASSHOLES ARE **NOT** GENTLEMEN!!! GODDAMN IT!
25 to life is one reason. Even if you think the pleasure derived from the revenge was worth it, it is a pretty selfish thing to do to the children who'd be left without a parent.
I don't know, but they shouldn't be allowed to mingle with the general population.
Don't worry though, I am sure he will be found shanked in his cell.
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