A young girl waxing her board near popular surf spot almost snatched!
North County San Diego is normally a bucolic, sleepy place. Nice weather, nice enough surf, mostly nice people. Yoga studios. Mexican restaurants. Bike paths. Etc. Last evening though chaos broke through as two men tried to forcibly abduct a fifteen-year-old girl waxing her surfboard in her own driveway.
The Times of San Diego reports:
Investigators working to identify two men involved in the attempted abduction of a 15-year-old girl in a neighborhood near Grandview Surf Beach released an artist’s rendering of one of the would-be kidnappers Thursday.
The teen was waxing her surfboard in the driveway of her family’s home in the 1600 block of Neptune Avenue in Encinitas about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday when a skinny man in board shorts grabbed her from behind and pinned her to the ground, according to sheriff’s officials.
As the assailant tried to drag her toward a nearby older-model blue pickup truck occupied by a second man, the victim was able to break free and run into her home. She was unharmed.
The men then fled.
The victim described the two men as roughly 5-feet-10-inch white men in their 20s or early 30s. The one who waited in the truck — the subject of the perpetrator sketch — had a long beard and light-brown hair.
Anyone with information about the case was asked to call San Diego County Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477 or contact the agency online at www.sdcrimestoppers.org. Tipsters may remain anonymous and could be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.
Has anything like this ever happened at your local spot? Was justice delivered by a surf mob or by real law enforcement?
And look at that sketch. Are the hipsters getting out of control?
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Wait, I thought you were a hipster Chas? Post-modern hipster? Metrosexual hipster? I’m confused with all these shifting labels. If I had to, I’d consider myself “grandfather chic”: new balance walking duds, elastic shorts, plain white T, and seething contempt for anything that has to do with fashion-unless I’m on a date or job interview.
He’s my new Wes Welker, but with better hair and a lifted blue Toyota…..
Thank you Rested Durrow for assisting the authorities and bringing Mr. Edelman to justice. I can sleep easier this evening…
That is some click bait shit right there. I thought we would get to see her snatch.
Most likely rides a longboard
I always wanted that hitler youth haircut, but I’m a semi professional receding hairline so it wouldn’t really work
Man, that guy is so shifty, he can’t even look the artist in the eye.
Looks like a late model pick up to me. But I drive an ’08 4 runner, so everything looks new to me.
Or a newer Tacoma.
right? i guess i’m driving a classic car then.
Is Julian Edelman in North County?