13-year-old boy escapes abductor
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A 13-year-old boy bound to a tree in the woods foiled a kidnapping-for-ransom plan by using a safety pin, his teeth and his hands to escape, police said.
Police issued an arrest warrant for a 22-year-old man. They said they believed he had fled the state.
About a dozen children at a school bus stop in Parrish, near St. Petersburg, saw the boy forced into a pickup Friday, apparently chosen at random. Police, who said the kidnapper planned to leave him in the woods until getting paid, reported finding a ransom note.
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