BABY STORE HOSTAGE SITUATION ENDS SAFELY.Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer CALABASAS - A 31-year-old Babies 'R' Us employee was taken into custody Wednesday Wednesday: see week. evening after holding a female manager hostage hostage, person held by another as a guarantee that certain actions or promises will or will not be carried out. During periods of internal turmoil, insurgents often seize hostages; recent examples include seizures of Americans and other foreigners by militants in for more than an hour and threatening to blow up the store with a bottle of vodka vodka (vŏd`kə), traditional spirituous drink of Russia, the Baltic states, and Poland; it is now consumed internationally. The best vodka is distilled from rye and barley malt, but the cheaper corn and potatoes are commonly employed. , officials said. After attempts by sheriff's deputies to negotiate the surrender of the suspect, identified as Christian Christian flees the City of Destruction. [Br. Lit.: Pilgrim’s Progress] See : Escape Christian travels to Celestial City with cumbrous burden on back. [Br. Lit. Frear, he released the manager uninjured about 7 p.m. Wednesday. Frear came out of the store's front door about a minute later, placed his hands behind his head as he was ordered, but failed to comply with authorities' repeated orders to walk backward. Officials then walked up to Frear and took custody of him while his victim sat in a nearby squad car resting her head against the front seat. Babies 'R' Us employees, who later hugged the tearful manager, remained shaken
Shaken (車剣, also known as kurumaken) are a type of Shuriken . ``I'm scared,'' said employee Anna Beltran, 40, as she ran to her husband, who had come to pick her up. ``I can't believe what went on.'' Frear was booked on suspicion of making terrorist threats and taking a hostage, deputies said. When Frear reported for his scheduled shift just before 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, someone got on the public announcement system and ordered approximately seven to eight employees and 15 to 20 customers out of the store, took a female manager into a back room and locked the door, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. Deputy Norman Campbell
About 5:24 p.m., the Malibu-Lost Hills sheriff's station received a call alerting officials about the situation. No weapon was found when Frear was taken into custody, officials said. Campbell said it was possible the man had some kind of disagreement with the manager. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: A suspect is taken into custody by sheriff's officers after he walked out of a Babies 'R' Us store in Calabasas. Eric Grigorian/Special to the Daily News |
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