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Dear Penn State Coaches-This is what you are supposed to do when you see a child being molested
A Lawrence County man was arrested earlier this week after a resident caught him molesting a young girl, according to police.
Lawrenceburg police said the resident saw Robert Bumpas, 36, molesting the girl in a van parked in the alleyway behind his home Tuesday morning.
Dale Urquhart told Nashville's News 2, "A van pulled up in the back alleyway and my wife says, ?What's the van doing back there?'"
Urquhart said he went into his backyard, peered through the fence and saw a young girl in the front passenger seat with being inappropriately touched by Bumpus, who was allegedly masturbating.
"I ran and told my wife, call 911, there's a child molester in the alleyway!" Urquhart recalled.
"I thought the child was in real danger, that was what was going through my mind, to save a child," he continued, "...Don't let it happen, please don't let it happen."
Urquhart said he jumped into his car and drove down the alley but as he approached, Bumpas quickly backed the van up.
He quickly followed and was able to ram the van into a pole to prevent Bumpas from escaping.
Police said as Bumpas attempted to flee on foot, he pulled out a box cutter and began waving it around.
Urquhart was able to hold him down until officers arrived.
Lawrenceburg police Capt. Dan Law said, "When you have a situation where you've actually got an eyewitness, and you've got a Good Samaritan that jumps in the situation and assists in the arrest, that's something you don't normally see, we don't normally have that good luck, I guess you could say."
The police report stated that when Bumpas was placed into a patrol car, he asked the officer to button his pants.
The officer asked him why his pants were unbuttoned and he replied, "Because of what they are saying about me?."
The young girl was taken to a safe location after being cared for by a medical technician.
Bumpas faces multiple charges including solicitation of a minor to observe sexual conduct and aggravated assault.
He is scheduled to appear in a Lawrence County courtroom on May 4.
Re: Dear Penn State Coaches-This is what you are supposed to do when you see a child being molested
Good for that guy, minus the ramming of the van into a pole with the kid still in there.
Shoot ram the van w/my kid inside if it prevents the pervert from making off with my child. Truth!
That guy is such a hero.
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Exactly. What's worse, a few more cuts or bruises on her, or her possibly being kidnapped/having worse done to her than being touched. Yeah, do what you gotta do, stop the van/predator.
ding, ding, ding... I'll take the extra cuts and bruised for 400, please.
What a brave man!
I want to hi five you.
Agreed. The outcome for the child could have been far worse had the molester got away. The Good Samaritan gets my
This is such a great story and kudos for the aside to George Zimmerman.
Am I the only one who thought of A Christmas Story? sonsabittchen Bumpases?
Considering what could happen to the child if he escaped with her, ram away.