Has the Jaycee Dugard Case Made Us Paranoid?
Categories: City of Concord Headlines, crime
Written By: DustyHawes64
Just over two weeks since Jaycee Dugard was found alive in Antioch, the stories of new attempts to kidnap children in the area have parents on edge. The news about the kids being accosted and lured into a car in Pleasant Hill should make people a little scared. Anything this alarming even for non-parents makes a community take notice of strangers around them in ways they never would have.
Most recently there was a man seen videotaping near Monte Gardens Elementary School several times that made parents in the area scared. No crime was committed but with the heightened awareness and news spreading across other local blogs that there was a man near a school with a camera, people acted. Thankfully Concord residents are more civilized than others and when the man was once again seen near the school, a mob wasn’t assembled.
Turns out this 72 year old man that caused such alarm in our community was in fact just a visitor and was videotaping the area and his granddaughter. Imaging the shock on this man’s face when he was walking around Dana Estates and was confronted by Concord Police.
So this is what I’m wondering, has all the news about Jaycee Dugard and the attempts in Pleasant Hill made parents in Concord even more concerned about their children to the point of paranoia?
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September 11th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
My kids got to Monte Gardens and personally I am proud of the way the mom who called police handled it. She saw a stranger in her neighborhood videotaping near a school and he matched the description of a suspect wanted for questioning for the 2 other incidents in Pleasant Hill so she did the right thing but calling it in. If it had turned out to be the man who had approached the other children in Pleasant Hill or possibly a pedophile then her actions would have been justified. I am grateful that we have a parent like her in our school and neighborhood looking out for the safety and well-being of our children. I don’t think she was being paranoid at all, just looking out to make sure he wasn’t the same guy that was wanted for questioning.
October 5th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
My kids got to Monte Gardens and personally I am proud of the way the mom who called police handled it. She saw a stranger in her neighborhood videotaping near a school and he matched the description of a suspect wanted for questioning for the 2 other incidents in Pleasant Hill so she did the right thing but calling it in. If it had turned out to be the man who had approached the other children in Pleasant Hill or possibly a pedophile then her actions would have been justified. I am grateful that we have a parent like her in our school and neighborhood looking out for the safety and well-being of our children. I don’t think she was being paranoid at all, just looking out to make sure he wasn’t the same guy that was wanted for questioning.
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