25 May 2014

Praises to, Temar Boggs, who chased down a suspicious looking vehicle on his bike when he recognized a missing girl inside the car.

Minutes after Temar Boggs heard that 5-year-old Jocelyn Rojas had gone missing, he noticed a suspicious car careening in and out of the side streets of his neighborhood. So he and another friend took to their bikes to join the search for Rojas, according to Lancaster Online. He told reporters that one car caught his eye. It turned around at the top of a hill, where several police officers were gathered. It began turning in and out of side streets in the neighborhood, which is known for its cul-de-sacs and dead ends.


Quick response: Police and volunteers scoured the neighborhood after Jocelyn Rojas was reported missing
Boggs gave chase on his bicycle. He got close enough to the vehicle to see a little girl inside. He made eye contact with the driver, an older white male, who apparently got spooked enough to let Rojas get out of the car.

"She runs to my arms and said, 'I need to see my mommy,'" Boggs said.

He escorted her to police, who reunited her with her relatives. The town and the young girl's family is hailing him as a hero.


Sergeant Jeff Jones told WGAL, 'It is possible this individual saw the boys following him and it is possible he got nervous. We don't know that for sure; I'd sure like to find out,' he said.
Jocelyn Rojas' grandmother Tracey Clay was overcome with gratitude to Boggs.
'Thank you. You're our hero,' she said hugging and kissing him.
'He's our hero. I mean, there's no words to say,' she told WGAL.
'You see the amber alerts and you think, "I feel for that family." But when you're in that situation. Oh my god, it's horrible,' she said.
Grateful: Jocelyn Rojas' grandmother said words couldn't express how grateful she was to Temar Boggs and his friend Chris
Grateful: Jocelyn Rojas' grandmother said words couldn't express how grateful she was to Temar Boggs and his friend

'It’s just something you don’t wish on anybody. Horrible, horrible thoughts flashed through my mind.'
Police say the male suspect drove the girl in a maroon, burgundy or purple-colored sedan, most likely a Chevy, almost half a mile from her home.
The latest reports say he had offered to buy the child ice-cream and had driven towards an ice-cream parlor.
It's not clear where the man had taken Jocelyn in the intervening hours between the discovery she was missing and Temar Boggs' spotting of her in the kidnapper's car. 
WGAL reports the man was wearing green shoes and green pants with a red and white striped shirt at the time of the abduction, and that he walks with a limp. He is believed to be aged between 50 and 70 years old.

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