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Man tries to abduct girl, she struggles, escapes

by AP

WHAS11.com

Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:14 AM

Updated Thursday, Feb 9 at 7:47 PM

   BREMEN, Ga. (AP) -- Authorities say a 7-year-old girl recalled her stranger danger training and was able to get away from a parolee who tried to abduct her at a Walmart store in west Georgia.

   Police Chief Keith Pesnell says 25-year-old Thomas A. Woods of Austell, Ga., tried to take the girl Wednesday from a toy aisle while her mom was in a different aisle.

   Security video from the store shows a man carrying the girl away, releasing her after she struggled to get away.

   Pesnell says Woods faces a charge of attempted kidnapping and was out on parole after being convicted of voluntary manslaughter in a suburban Atlanta county.

   Atlanta TV station WAGA reports Woods said he is innocent and denied the abduction attempt as he was being led into jail.

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