Alyssa and Amber Bonal.Binge-watching episodes ofLaw and Order: Special Victims Unitpaid off for a Pensacola, Fla., girl, who smeared homemade slime on the man who tried to kidnap her, helping police identify and arrest him.Alyssa Bonal, 11, was waiting for the bus Tuesday morning, playing with some homemade slime, when a man pulled his car over and started running toward her.The man, Alyssa said, brandished a knife.Surveillance footage of the foiled abduction shows Alyssa trying to escape the man. He catches her, grabs her, and then makes a beeline for his vehicle. The girl struggled, fending him off and causing him to drop her — all before he quickly goes back to his car.The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office confirms that, hours later, it arrested a suspect — 30-year-old Jared Stanga — on single counts of attempted kidnapping of a child under 13, aggravated assault, and battery.Stanga is being held on just over $1.5 million bond. It was unclear Thursday if he had entered pleas, and his lawyer could not be reached for comment.Investigators enhanced the surveillance footage to reveal the vehicle’s license plate, Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons said during a press conference Wednesday.When police tracked Stanga down, they apparently found the blue slime on both of his arms, Simmons said.Alyssa and her mother, Amber Bonal,appeared onTodayThursday morningto talk about the brave girl’s quick thinking.“I knew that that might be better evidence if the cops do find him,” Alyssa said of the slime, noting that she and her mom watchLaw and Order: Special Victims Unit, the long-running, Dick Wolf-produced crime drama.Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.Alyssa said she is proud of herself, and believes Olivia Benson,Mariska Hargitay’s iconic character onSVU, would have told her “Good job!“According to Simmons, Alyssa “fought like a trooper” to save herself Tuesday morning.“I’m not so sure if she actually comprehends what could have happened,” Simmons said at the press conference.
Alyssa and Amber Bonal.
Binge-watching episodes ofLaw and Order: Special Victims Unitpaid off for a Pensacola, Fla., girl, who smeared homemade slime on the man who tried to kidnap her, helping police identify and arrest him.Alyssa Bonal, 11, was waiting for the bus Tuesday morning, playing with some homemade slime, when a man pulled his car over and started running toward her.The man, Alyssa said, brandished a knife.Surveillance footage of the foiled abduction shows Alyssa trying to escape the man. He catches her, grabs her, and then makes a beeline for his vehicle. The girl struggled, fending him off and causing him to drop her — all before he quickly goes back to his car.The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office confirms that, hours later, it arrested a suspect — 30-year-old Jared Stanga — on single counts of attempted kidnapping of a child under 13, aggravated assault, and battery.Stanga is being held on just over $1.5 million bond. It was unclear Thursday if he had entered pleas, and his lawyer could not be reached for comment.Investigators enhanced the surveillance footage to reveal the vehicle’s license plate, Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons said during a press conference Wednesday.When police tracked Stanga down, they apparently found the blue slime on both of his arms, Simmons said.Alyssa and her mother, Amber Bonal,appeared onTodayThursday morningto talk about the brave girl’s quick thinking.“I knew that that might be better evidence if the cops do find him,” Alyssa said of the slime, noting that she and her mom watchLaw and Order: Special Victims Unit, the long-running, Dick Wolf-produced crime drama.Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.Alyssa said she is proud of herself, and believes Olivia Benson,Mariska Hargitay’s iconic character onSVU, would have told her “Good job!“According to Simmons, Alyssa “fought like a trooper” to save herself Tuesday morning.“I’m not so sure if she actually comprehends what could have happened,” Simmons said at the press conference.
Binge-watching episodes ofLaw and Order: Special Victims Unitpaid off for a Pensacola, Fla., girl, who smeared homemade slime on the man who tried to kidnap her, helping police identify and arrest him.
Alyssa Bonal, 11, was waiting for the bus Tuesday morning, playing with some homemade slime, when a man pulled his car over and started running toward her.
The man, Alyssa said, brandished a knife.
Surveillance footage of the foiled abduction shows Alyssa trying to escape the man. He catches her, grabs her, and then makes a beeline for his vehicle. The girl struggled, fending him off and causing him to drop her — all before he quickly goes back to his car.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office confirms that, hours later, it arrested a suspect — 30-year-old Jared Stanga — on single counts of attempted kidnapping of a child under 13, aggravated assault, and battery.
Stanga is being held on just over $1.5 million bond. It was unclear Thursday if he had entered pleas, and his lawyer could not be reached for comment.
Investigators enhanced the surveillance footage to reveal the vehicle’s license plate, Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons said during a press conference Wednesday.
When police tracked Stanga down, they apparently found the blue slime on both of his arms, Simmons said.
Alyssa and her mother, Amber Bonal,appeared onTodayThursday morningto talk about the brave girl’s quick thinking.
“I knew that that might be better evidence if the cops do find him,” Alyssa said of the slime, noting that she and her mom watchLaw and Order: Special Victims Unit, the long-running, Dick Wolf-produced crime drama.
Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.
Alyssa said she is proud of herself, and believes Olivia Benson,Mariska Hargitay’s iconic character onSVU, would have told her “Good job!”
According to Simmons, Alyssa “fought like a trooper” to save herself Tuesday morning.
“I’m not so sure if she actually comprehends what could have happened,” Simmons said at the press conference.
source: people.com
