Crime bill amendment targets abduction attempts

Published February 6, 2014 2:23am ET



JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — After a man walked into an Anchorage elementary school in mid-January attempting to take a 10-year-old girl while falsely claiming to be her father, authorities found they could only charge him with criminal trespass.

Sen. Bill Wielechowski, a Democrat from Anchorage, offered an amendment to the Senate omnibus crime bill Wednesday that would make such actions a criminal offense of custodial interference.

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