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Saturday, July 27, 2002

City police were kept fairly busy last night with minor occurrence. There were two arrests regarding domestic disturbances. Police report no bears were sighted inside the city fort he past couple of days. KIDNAPPING Recently the Sault Ste.
City police were kept fairly busy last night with minor occurrence. There were two arrests regarding domestic disturbances. Police report no bears were sighted inside the city fort he past couple of days.

KIDNAPPING
Recently the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service investigated a child abduction case involving a two year old. With this incident in mind the following safety advice on Child Abduction is being presented.

INFORMATION ON CHILD ABDUCTORS
When people think of child predators, they tend to focus on "stranger" abductions. This conjures up images of an unknown child molester who comes from a far away place to pick up unsuspecting children and whisks them away.

The truth is that stranger abduction, while the most highly publicized, is actually the least common form of abduction. Most so-called "stranger" abductions are committed by someone with whom the child is already familiar.

They may be someone you, your family, or your child sees and interacts with regularly. It is this familiarity tha