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Default Police credit victim in helping ID kidnap suspect

On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:24:28 -0600, "johnny@." johnny@. wrote:

POSTED: 11:45 a.m. EST, February 25, 2007

PARRISH, Florida (AP) -- Florida police are crediting a 13-year-old boy
with providing an accurate description of his abductor, leading
authorities to the suspect's home and the red pickup truck believed to
have been used in the kidnapping.

The information given to police by Clay Moore, 13, allowed authorities
to get an arrest warrant for Vicente Ignacio Beltran-Moreno, 22, the
Manatee County Sheriff's Department announced Sunday.

"He was right on the money with the information that he gave us,"
Sheriff Charlie Wells said at the Sunday morning news conference. (Watch
police describe what they found at suspect's house Video)

Police believe Beltran-Moreno has fled Florida. They provided no
information on his possible whereabouts.

Clay told police he was abducted at gunpoint on Friday morning from a
school bus stop in Parrish, about 30 miles southeast of St. Petersburg,
Florida.

He was taken to a wooded area and tied to a tree, but managed to escape
some five hours later, walked a "considerable distance" and borrowed a
farm worker's cell phone to call his mother, Wells said.

After talking to Clay, police identified the suspect as Beltran-Moreno
and set up surveillance at his Manatee County home at around 4 p.m. on
Saturday, Wells said. (Watch police explain how Clay was kidnapped Video)

During their investigation, police recovered a ransom note, possibly
intended for Clay's parents, that contained unspecified threats, Wells said.

"It was his intention, the suspect's intention, to leave Clay Moore tied
in the woods until he got his money," Wells said.

Wells said he was "shocked" after reading the note, which he did not detail.

Police do not believe the suspect had specifically targeted Clay. Wells
said Clay "was just at the wrong place at the wrong time."

Because of the teen's ability to recall details about the suspect and
where he was taken, Wells said, "the bottom line is that the man
kidnapped the wrong kid."

Beltran-Moreno, who is from Mexico, is believed to have fled Florida in
the wake of the manhunt, according to Wells. Police said they saw no
activity during their surveillance of his house.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/25/flo...ion/index.html


Thank our asswipe government for allowing this illegal alien to prey
on American children.

Max

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