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Armed teacher thwarts attempted kidnapping at Utah school
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Posted on 06/06/2023 3:36:10 AM PDT by LouAvul

An armed teacher in Utah thwarted an attempted kidnapping Tuesday after confronting a man who was trying to take an 11-year-old girl from an elementary school playground, investigators said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: banglist; education; utah

1 posted on 06/06/2023 3:36:10 AM PDT by LouAvul
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To: LouAvul

was it the man’s own daughter


2 posted on 06/06/2023 3:41:02 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: LouAvul

An armed teacher in Utah thwarted an attempted kidnapping Tuesday after confronting a man who was trying to take an 11-year-old girl from an elementary school playground, investigators said.

Ogden police said a teacher, who is licensed to carry a concealed firearm, saw Ira Cox-Berry, 41, walk up and put his arms on an 11-year-old girl in an attempt to take her, WTVX reported.

The teacher ran outside and confronted Cox-Berry, which gave the girl a chance to escape, police said. The teacher was then able to get 20 other students who were on the playground into the school.

Cox-Berry then went to the school building and punched a window to try and get inside. The teacher then pulled out his firearm to keep Cox-Berry at bay while he called police.

Officers arrived and took Cox-Berry into custody. Police said the suspect was under the influence of drugs. Cox-Berry was arrested and charged with child kidnapping. Police said other charges are pending.

The teacher will not be charged for showing his firearm during the altercation.

“This employee is protected under the Second Amendment,” Lt. Brian Eynon told WTVX. “He followed all policy and procedure at the school, and in this particular case, did everything that he should have done to protect the innocent lives of the children at the school. And in this case, it is likely that a life was saved or injury to a life was prevented due to the actions of this heroic employee.”

Jer Bates, with the Ogden School District, said the teacher acted appropriately.

“A teacher intervened when there was a situation that threatened students’ safety. This teacher, this school employee, is a hero. We don’t disagree with that at all,” Bates said. “Yes, it was a very scary situation, something we take very seriously, but it came out with a good ending, meaning no students were physically harmed, no adults were physically harmed, that this was an incident where our emergency response protocols were acted out.”

Counselors were provided to help the victim and the other students.

“At this time, to the best of our knowledge, the student is coping quite well considering the very traumatic experience that they endured,” Bates said.


3 posted on 06/06/2023 4:03:46 AM PDT by blu (Bagster's ping on the side)
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To: one guy in new jersey

My first thought.


4 posted on 06/06/2023 4:11:11 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: blu

Thank you for laying this story out.
I was not in the mood to look at any video to learn what happened.
What a frightening situation for all involved and at school that day.

The teacher presented a show of potential force without actually needing to fire his weapon.
He didn’t get carried away with the panic of that situation.


5 posted on 06/06/2023 4:32:20 AM PDT by lee martell ( https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4158644/reply?c=3)
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To: LouAvul

YES.....A HERO! And it’s becoming rare in America!


6 posted on 06/06/2023 4:48:40 AM PDT by high info voter (Delivery )
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To: blu
And this is exactly how it should be. Everywhere.

Allow teachers to carry if they want. Libs can't wrap their minuscule brains around it, even with stories like this.

7 posted on 06/06/2023 5:08:42 AM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: Chickensoup

Mine, too. Article implies otherwise by not so stating. That scenario, however, is not at all uncommon in custody cases. One could —in this upside-down world— imagine that the child was being groomed by the school and her mother. The father steps in, and the school responds with potentially lethal force. This would be completely believable these days...


8 posted on 06/06/2023 5:19:07 AM PDT by drwoof
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To: LouAvul

DA Bragg has already filed hate crime charges against the teacher!


9 posted on 06/06/2023 6:54:58 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (“Who is John Galt?”)
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To: blu

Don’t know what kind of name Ira Cox-Berry is, but too bad the teacher didn’t take the human debris out.


10 posted on 06/06/2023 6:55:40 AM PDT by Democrat = party of treason
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