66-YEAR-OLD WOMAN HELD IN KIDNAPPING.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - A 7-year-old girl escaped from a 66-year-old woman who grabbed the youngster as she played in front of her home, deputies said Tuesday. Sally Huff huff - To compress data using a Huffman code. Various programs that use such methods have been called "HUFF" or some variant thereof. Opposite: puff. Compare crunch, compress. of Lancaster was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping kidnapping, in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. and burglary and is being held at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility The Twin Towers Correctional Facility, also referred to in the media as Twin Towers Jail, is a complex erected in Los Angeles, California to house inmates of the Los Angeles County Courts. It is the world’s largest jail. in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. in lieu of $500,000 bail, officials said. ``Normally, child abduction Child abduction is the abduction or kidnapping of a child (or baby) by an older person. Several distinct forms of child abduction exist:
Investigators said they were unsure as to why Huff grabbed the girl or what her intentions were. The girl was frightened but otherwise not injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. , officials said. Deputies responded to a 911 call about 11:30 a.m. Monday that a kidnapping had just occurred in the 44000 block of Leatherwood Avenue in Lancaster. When they arrived, they learned that the 7-year-old girl had been playing in the driveway of her home when a woman, later identified as Huff, grabbed the girl and began to walk away carrying her, officials said. The woman only walked a few steps before the girl was able to break free and run into her home, where she was being watched by her grandmother, officials said. Huff allegedly followed the girl into the home where she was confronted by the grandmother. After a brief struggle, the grandmother was able to shove Huff out of the house and close and lock the door, officials said. The grandmother then called 911. Deputies located Huff a short distance from the girl's house and arrested her without incident. They said the girl and her grandmother both identified Huff as the attempted kidnapper. Greg Botonis, (661) 267-7802 gregory.botonis(at)dailynews.com |
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