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ICYMI: Teen Abducted In Lindenhurst, Fights Off Attacker: Police
Check out this story reported last week on Lindenhurst Patch.
In case you missed it, here's a story that appeared last week in the Lindenhurst Patch:
LINDENHURST, NY — A 14-year-old girl who was abducted in Lindenhurst Wednesday afternoon fought off her attacker and escaped, Suffolk police said.
The attacker, Donald Cristiano Jr., 46, of Bay Shore, was arrested Thursday, according to police.
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Police said the girl and a 16-year-old girl were walking to the Lindenhurst Memorial Library at about 3:35 p.m. when Cristiano pulled up to them in a white sport utility vehicle on Herbert Avenue.
He said he was a police officer and told the girls to get in his vehicle so he could drive them to the library, police said.
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