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Tip Leads Police to Missing Georgia Girl
Fox News ^ | 4 March 2010 | Ed Barnes

Posted on 03/04/2010 10:46:32 AM PST by Ben Mugged

A 14-year-old Georgia girl who had been missing for more than a week was found Wednesday night when police raided a house in a community not far from her home.

Amber Graham of Aragon, Ga., was found in a house in the nearby town of Rockmart.

Police, using a search warrant based on a tip, arrested the occupants of the home: Stacie Fennell and her 15-year-old son, who was identified as the girl's boyfriend.

Authorities said Amber was unharmed.

Fennell and the boy, who was not named because he is a juvenile, have been charged with obstruction of justice, hindering an investigation and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to Aragon Police Captain Dwayne Alexander. The pair are currently being held, pending a court hearing.

Alexander said Amber originally went along with a scheme to run away to the Fennell home, but she seemed relieved when police raided the home. According to Alexander, police learned that the boy had a hidden compartment in his room that allowed Amber to avoid a consensual search of the house last week.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: amberalert; kidnapping; missing; missingchild; obstructinglaw; runaway
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1 posted on 03/04/2010 10:46:32 AM PST by Ben Mugged
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“Also taken away from Fennell’s home were the family’s 18 cats and three dogs.”


2 posted on 03/04/2010 10:52:30 AM PST by EggsAckley ( There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply!)
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To: Ben Mugged

They better watch that Fennell family. That’s some seriously disturbed behavior.


3 posted on 03/04/2010 10:53:13 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (We're all heading toward red revolution - we just disagree on which type of Red we want.)
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To: Ben Mugged
charged with... contributing to the delinquency of a minor

If the ALA, NEA, and Safe Schools Czar have not been charged with this same offense, then it is pointless to keep it on the books.

4 posted on 03/04/2010 10:57:03 AM PST by a fool in paradise
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5 posted on 03/04/2010 11:01:05 AM PST by a fool in paradise
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To: Blue Jays
It took them a week to visit the home of the missing girl's boyfriend to see what he might know about the situation?


6 posted on 03/04/2010 11:02:53 AM PST by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: a fool in paradise

That should be called “herding cats.”


7 posted on 03/04/2010 11:03:26 AM PST by EggsAckley ( There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply!)
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Fennell and the boy, who was not named because he is a juvenile,

He wasn't named because he is a juvenile, but he was identified as the 15 y/o son of Stacie Fennell.

8 posted on 03/04/2010 11:03:33 AM PST by VRWCmember
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It took them a week to visit the home of the missing girl's boyfriend to see what he might know about the situation?

No. From the story:"According to Alexander, police learned that the boy had a hidden compartment in his room that allowed Amber to avoid a consensual search of the house last week."

SO a WEEK AGO, they visited the home of the boyfriend and searched the house, but SHE AVOIDED the search in a hidden compartment in his room.

9 posted on 03/04/2010 11:06:19 AM PST by VRWCmember
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To: a fool in paradise

Man, now that’s just wrong on so many levels.


10 posted on 03/04/2010 11:07:40 AM PST by NCC-1701 (ZEROs FAVORITE SONG -- I, ME, MINE -- BY THE BEATLES)
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To: Ben Mugged

Lots of questions left unanswered. Just how “secret” is that attic space? It could be that the police just didn’t do a good enough job searching the house the first time or this family is up to something more sinister. Boy up on drug charges and now possible kidnapping if she turns on him. What about her cell phone? Was she able to make calls or was it taken away? Frankly, I don’t know what punishment would be severe enough for the girl in putting her family, the community, and the police through all of that.


11 posted on 03/04/2010 11:09:24 AM PST by bgill (The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
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Good catch in the coverage. Thanks.


12 posted on 03/04/2010 11:16:28 AM PST by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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Just goes to show you.. its always something.. like when you pick your nose.........
What.. what......... nevermind..
13 posted on 03/04/2010 11:16:38 AM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Shouldn’t the girl be charged too? Whatever the 15 yo boy did, the 14 yo girl participated willingly. What’s the diff?


14 posted on 03/04/2010 11:20:44 AM PST by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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We've seen recent cases where someone kidnaps a girl, keeps her hidden in a secret room for a long time, and uses her as a sex slave. The boy and his mother are (it seems to me) going down that path -- and that's a bad path.

Sounds like this time it was consensual, so the girl is partly to blame. I say charge 'em all. And I say (again) keep a close eye on that Fennell family.

15 posted on 03/04/2010 11:28:44 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (We're all heading toward red revolution - we just disagree on which type of Red we want.)
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Charges and blame aside, I just glad this girl is unharmed. I’m still shook up over the Chelsea King rape and murder. How do you protect your children when there are monsters loose. Unspeakably evil monsters.


16 posted on 03/04/2010 11:31:33 AM PST by Pajama Blogger
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To: swain_forkbeard
Running away isn't really illegal is it?

However, lying to the cops when they knock on your door is.

17 posted on 03/04/2010 11:31:56 AM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: swain_forkbeard
Shouldn’t the girl be charged too?

Reminds me of a similar incident about 5 years ago where a 20 yo guy went to the house of a 12 yo girl for sex. Got caught. The prosecutor said that the girl set the whole thing up and was the "brains" behind it. Talked the guy into it (I wonder how hard that was?) The prosecutor was lamenting that she was too young to get charged with anything. The guy got jail time and listed on the sexual offender database, and she just went back to school.

18 posted on 03/04/2010 11:33:59 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
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Reminds me of a similar incident about 5 years ago where a 20 yo guy went to the house of a 12 yo girl for sex. Got caught......The guy got jail time and listed on the sexual offender database, and she just went back to school.


What’s the problem?


19 posted on 03/04/2010 11:49:11 AM PST by Grunthor (Does The Name "Obama" Appear In any Hawaii Birth Database?)
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To: a fool in paradise

I admit, I was scared watching that. Thanks for ruining my afternoon! j/k


20 posted on 03/04/2010 11:51:31 AM PST by Mr Fuji
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