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California Little League Coach Stops Kidnapping: 'That's Not My Dad'
A little league coach stopped a kidnapping when a man approached one of his players on the practice field.
SAN DIEGO – A man attempted to kidnap a child from a little league practice field and might have succeeded if not for the actions of the coach.
Police arrested Jarrod West, 28, and charged him with attempted kidnapping and resisting a police officer after he approached a boy on the baseball field and declared he was the boy's father, NBC reported.
Little League coach Scott Hedenkamp said he had noticed the man pacing back and forth and observing the field before approaching the boy. Hedenkamp said his player said "Coach, that's not my dad," and Hedenkamp physically intervened, placing himself between the boy and the man.
A video of the full report is attached to this post.
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