Police: Barry County teen kidnapped, sexually assaulted after meeting man on Snapchat
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[{'start': '0.000', 'end': '3.520', 'text': 'Good evening. A Berry County teenager is'}, {'start': '1.760', 'end': '5.920', 'text': 'back home with her family tonight after'}, {'start': '3.520', 'end': '8.639', 'text': 'police say she was kidnapped, held in a'}, {'start': '5.920', 'end': '11.280', 'text': 'basement for more than 24 hours, and'}, {'start': '8.639', 'end': '12.800', 'text': 'sexually assaulted in Wayne County.'}, {'start': '11.280', 'end': '14.559', 'text': 'Thanks for joining us on News Channel 3'}, {'start': '12.800', 'end': '16.560', 'text': "at 10. I'm Andy Deminani, and I'm"}, {'start': '14.559', 'end': '18.080', 'text': 'Jessica Hardhorn. Police are also'}, {'start': '16.560', 'end': '19.680', 'text': 'telling us tonight the suspect was'}, {'start': '18.080', 'end': '21.520', 'text': 'arrested and charged with several'}, {'start': '19.680', 'end': '23.920', 'text': 'felonies, including criminal sexual'}, {'start': '21.520', 'end': '26.000', 'text': "conduct. News Channel 3's Abigail Taylor"}, {'start': '23.920', 'end': '27.519', 'text': 'joins us live in the studio tonight. She'}, {'start': '26.000', 'end': '30.160', 'text': 'talked with the Northville Township'}, {'start': '27.519', 'end': '31.599', 'text': 'Police Department about the suspect. And'}, {'start': '30.160', 'end': '34.160', 'text': 'police have a warning for parents'}, {'start': '31.599', 'end': '36.239', 'text': 'tonight. Abigail, the Northville Police'}, {'start': '34.160', 'end': '38.399', 'text': 'Department says the man was able to'}, {'start': '36.239', 'end': '41.360', 'text': 'groom the 14-year-old girl from Berry'}, {'start': '38.399', 'end': '43.200', 'text': 'County using social media app Snapchat.'}, {'start': '41.360', 'end': '46.600', 'text': 'The lieutenant I talked to says apps'}, {'start': '43.200', 'end': '49.920', 'text': 'like these put children at very real'}, {'start': '46.600', 'end': '52.879', 'text': 'risk. Social media and Snapchat in'}, {'start': '49.920', 'end': '55.520', 'text': 'particular, police say is being used by'}, {'start': '52.879', 'end': '57.920', 'text': 'predators to meet children. It provides'}, {'start': '55.520', 'end': '60.399', 'text': 'a tremendous amount of access between'}, {'start': '57.920', 'end': '62.960', 'text': 'individuals that seek to victimize'}, {'start': '60.399', 'end': '66.720', 'text': "minors um that they typically wouldn't"}, {'start': '62.960', 'end': '68.080', 'text': 'have in an in-person basis. Unless you'}, {'start': '66.720', 'end': '69.920', 'text': "have a parent who's really paying"}, {'start': '68.080', 'end': '71.520', 'text': 'attention to their social media habits,'}, {'start': '69.920', 'end': '74.159', 'text': "they might not even know that anything's"}, {'start': '71.520', 'end': '77.520', 'text': 'going on. Lieutenant Patrick Ranki says'}, {'start': '74.159', 'end': '80.479', 'text': 'this man, 22-year-old Charles Willis, is'}, {'start': '77.520', 'end': '83.439', 'text': 'now being held in jail on a $1 million'}, {'start': '80.479', 'end': '86.320', 'text': 'bond for what a 14-year-old girl tells'}, {'start': '83.439', 'end': '88.320', 'text': 'police he did to her after meeting on'}, {'start': '86.320', 'end': '89.920', 'text': 'Snapchat. This 14-year-old girl was very'}, {'start': '88.320', 'end': '91.920', 'text': 'brave and that she was able to tell us'}, {'start': '89.920', 'end': '93.840', 'text': 'what happened to her. Ranky says the'}, {'start': '91.920', 'end': '96.400', 'text': 'girl was found walking alone on'}, {'start': '93.840', 'end': '98.720', 'text': "Sevenmile Road in Northville. That's all"}, {'start': '96.400', 'end': '101.280', 'text': 'the way over near Detroit. She'}, {'start': '98.720', 'end': '103.840', 'text': "reportedly told police she'd escaped"}, {'start': '101.280', 'end': '106.079', 'text': "from this man's basement where he"}, {'start': '103.840', 'end': '109.520', 'text': 'reportedly raped her and held her'}, {'start': '106.079', 'end': '112.479', 'text': 'captive for more than 24 hours. Police'}, {'start': '109.520', 'end': '115.520', 'text': 'say on April 25th he convinced the girl'}, {'start': '112.479', 'end': '118.159', 'text': 'to come down in an Uber, a 2-hour ride'}, {'start': '115.520', 'end': '120.960', 'text': 'that he arranged and paid for. I looked'}, {'start': '118.159', 'end': '123.520', 'text': "into Uber's policies. It says drivers"}, {'start': '120.960', 'end': '126.479', 'text': 'are not supposed to transport any minors'}, {'start': '123.520', 'end': '129.520', 'text': "alone unless if it's through a confirmed"}, {'start': '126.479', 'end': '131.599', 'text': 'parent or guardian account. Now, police'}, {'start': '129.520', 'end': '133.599', 'text': 'are urging parents to monitor their'}, {'start': '131.599', 'end': '135.920', 'text': "children's phones, saying it not only"}, {'start': '133.599', 'end': '137.920', 'text': 'encourages more cautious behavior, but'}, {'start': '135.920', 'end': '140.560', 'text': 'adults are more likely to notice red'}, {'start': '137.920', 'end': '142.480', 'text': 'flags. Moreover, police are looking out'}, {'start': '140.560', 'end': '144.319', 'text': 'for other possible victims.'}, {'start': '142.480', 'end': '146.160', 'text': "Unfortunately, because of how we've seen"}, {'start': '144.319', 'end': '148.000', 'text': 'trends in these types of crimes in the'}, {'start': '146.160', 'end': '149.760', 'text': 'past are very concerned that there may'}, {'start': '148.000', 'end': '152.000', 'text': 'be other victims out there. Lieutenant'}, {'start': '149.760', 'end': '154.560', 'text': 'Ranki says by the time someone is caught'}, {'start': '152.000', 'end': '158.080', 'text': 'by police for a crime at this level,'}, {'start': '154.560', 'end': '160.080', 'text': "it's usually not their first time. Now,"}, {'start': '158.080', 'end': '162.319', 'text': "we looked at Willis's criminal record,"}, {'start': '160.080', 'end': '164.560', 'text': 'finding in addition to the nine felony'}, {'start': '162.319', 'end': '166.720', 'text': "charges in this current case, he's"}, {'start': '164.560', 'end': '169.200', 'text': 'already facing felony criminal sexual'}, {'start': '166.720', 'end': '172.160', 'text': 'conduct, thirdderee, for an incident'}, {'start': '169.200', 'end': '176.080', 'text': 'reported just four months ago. Live in'}, {'start': '172.160', 'end': '176.080', 'text': 'the studio, Abigail Taylor, News Channel'}]