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Yesterday morning, there was an alarming "child abduction" in Staten Island noted on the Gothamist Newsmap. Apparently, a half-clothed 13-year-old boy had been handcuffed to a tree in Bradys Pond Park in the Grasmere section. Early reports said that he told police that a man had forced him into the woods and assaulted him. Now it turns out that the person who handcuffed him was actually someone he had been chatting with on MySpace.
A passerby came across the teen around 9AM and ran to find help, which turned out to be an ASPCA agent driving by. ASPCA Officer John DeLaTorre helped uncuff the teen and told WCBS 2, "I just wanted to get him out of there. That was my first concern. [He was] definitely shivering like really cold, he barely had clothes on." The boy's clothes were found 100 feet away.
Families in the area were worried about an attacker on the loose, but a police source told the Staten Island Advance, "At this point, we believe he may have been communicating with his attacker via Internet for the last three months. Yesterday's assault took place after a planned meeting. The kid wasn't stalked." And after questioning the boy at the hospital, police do not believe he was penetrated, although the man may have "rubbed" himself against the boy.
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I'm confused by this:
*Early reports said that he told police that a man had forced him into the woods and assaulted him. Now it turns out that the person who handcuffed him was actually someone he had been chatting with on MySpace.*
So what's being said, is that a guy couldn't have dragged him to the woods just because the boy was chatting on myspace. Not sure I follow.
Or did the attacker use super human/internet powers to "drag and drop" him from the school bus stop into the woods and then with the help of "the Legend of Zelda", handcuff him to the tree?
Sorry -my mistake for not being clearer: At first, it was suspected that a stranger abducted him, but now it looks like they knew each other. Will clarify.
i think it s stupid 4 people 2 keep on blaming myspace 4 dumb decisions the people make. its not toms fault that this boy was handcuffed.i think the boy made a childdish decision
Ed ex, Jen's comment wasn't THAT unclear, sheesh. I think it's fairly obvious that the difference being pointed out was that it was not just "a man" but it turns out it was someone the boy knew.
I DO find grammatical mistakes by writers annoying, but the lengths that people go through to snidely correct Gothamist is beyond me.
Ed ex, don't be TOO proud of yourself for the obscure "Legend of Zelda" reference. The "drag and drop" analogy should've sufficed.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So the truth comes out now . Oh well, Maybe next time this kid will be a hell of lot more careful who he tries to hook up with over the internet . I suppose the family will turn around and sue My space for this !
#4 La Leone:
normally I ignore stupidy, but yours was too hilarious.
Again, I welcome hate-mail here.
First off I was joking... most of my posts, while serious, always have a bit of humor in them, just to lighten the mood—I have known Jen and Jake for about two or three years now and they know my humor.
I guess all of my posts should now have the infamous "" sign or a " ;) " wink for people like you who taking blog comments and maybe life as well, too seriously... lighten up.
In closing, you basically did the same thing I did to Jen, but yours was filled with douche baggery overtones, good one.
;)
#3 @ nina:
i think the boy made a childdish decision
He IS a child!! It must hurt you to use your brain sometimes. Huh?
Ed ex, FYI: I thought only douchebags regularly use the word "douchebaggery." Also if you read carefully, I am very subtly giving you credit for the "drag and drop"...but drawing the line at Zelda.
No need to pull out the "I know Jake and Jen card..."
Because I'm confident that I could've puked outside of a bar at the precise moment Jen's hairdresser was walking by.
Look, no need to DRAG this on, we can just DROP it. (Smiley?)
But honestly, you win.
Oh, # 8 is me by the way. That's what I get for trying to come up w/one of those clever commenter names for once. I forgot to change back to me!
#8+9: ;)
you're so busted! ;)
always one guy! what was the temp outside that day anyhows? poor fellow.
this happened 3 blocks from me.....very scary!