Mesa police are asking for the public’s help in locating or identifying a man who abducted a woman at the main Mesa Public Library on Friday and remains on the loose.
The suspect is a Hispanic male described to be between 18 to 22 years old and wearing blue shorts with white horizontal stripes and a black baseball cap, possibly with the Chicago White Sox logo. Police say he asked the woman who was returning books at the library about 10:20 a.m. for a ride. Moments after the woman agreed, he stabbed her, tied her up, commandeered her vehicle and drove her south of Florence off of Highway 79. After pulling off the highway, he made the woman get out of the car and lay down in the brush, according to Mesa police.
The man, who also was carrying an orange or red T-shirt or towel in his pocket, said he was going to Tucson and walked up to the highway where he possibly hitched a ride from another person.
The woman was able to get free and was treated for non-life threatening injuries.
If anyone has experienced a similar incident, they can call Mesa police at (480) 862-5502 or (480) 644-6075. Anonymous tips can be called into Silent Witness at (480) 948-6377 or www.silentwitness.org.
Contact writer: (480) 898-6533 or msakal@evtrib.com
VofReason posted at 12:38 pm on Wed, Aug 15, 2012.
Boy what is the world coming to, cannot even pick up strang men off the street and give them a ride in your car anymore when your a single woman. Who could have seen something bad happening from that one?
Juggernaut8000 posted at 12:57 pm on Wed, Aug 15, 2012.
Yes, I agree. She was stupid to pick up a stranger. Hope the fuzz catch this sc umbag though.
chuckles3 posted at 2:22 pm on Wed, Aug 15, 2012.
Bad choices usually result in bad outcomes. She's lucky he didn't decide to do her more harm.
When and if he gets caught, he will claim to be a Dreamer and be released per the instructions of the Obama Administration.
Protected classes receive special rights and privileges.
k33j88 posted at 6:31 am on Thu, Aug 16, 2012.
Chuckles3-------couldn't said it better! Another fine example of a law-abiding citizen . Maybe if she exercised her 2nd amendment rights, she would've avoided disaster.