Ga. 10-Year-Old Uses Karate To Fight Off Kidnapper

GAINESVILLE, GA — A 10-year-old Georgia boy used skills he learned studying karate to fight off a would-be kidnapper.

At about 4 p.m. Tuesday, Hall County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a home on Old Cornelia Highway in regard to an attempted child abduction. Investigators learned that a 10-year-old boy was taking a child booster seat out of his mother's vehicle when an unknown man approached him from behind.

The man grabbed the boy, according to a sheriff's office spokesman, and began dragging him toward another house nearby. But, spokesman Lt. Scott Ware said, "due to the level of resistance being offered by the victim," the man let him go and he was able to run back into his home and tell his mother.

Fox 5 Atlanta identifies the 10-year-old as Sebastian Solache.

"He drags me and I elbow him in the ribs," Sebastian told the station. "From there he slammed me on the floor and ran."

Sebastian's mother, Sol, told Fox 5 she was making food for her children when he came running inside the house and locked the door. She said she was able to catch a glimpse of the would-be kidnapper as he was running away.

Ware said Sebastian received minor scrapes and bruises in the incident. He was evaluated by EMTs but wasn't hospitalized.

Law enforcement units responded to the scene and established a perimeter. A suspect was tracked by a canine unit to the area of Roy Cagle Road, but lost track of him there.

The suspect is described as a white male, about 6 feet tall, with a medium build and wearing black jeans and a white shirt. His face was covered by a black cloth.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Hall County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Division at 770-531-6879. Residents in the area are urged to use caution and stay alert for anyone exhibiting suspicious behavior, Ware said.

He said the sheriff's office will be increasing patrols in the area in an effort to catch the suspect.

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