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ALPENA ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION

Police: Girl safe after incident

Authorities say girl was able to escape when her brother used a slingshot to strike alleged attacker

ALPENA (AP) — A Michigan girl was able to escape an attempted kidnapping when her brother used a slingshot to strike the would-be attacker, authorities said this week.

Mlive.com reports that the Michigan State Police arrested the accused assailant in the city of Alpena on Wednesday.

The 17-year-old’s name has not been released though he has been charged as an adult with one count of attempted kidnapping/child enticement, one count of attempted assault to do great bodily harm less than murder, and one count of assault and battery. Michigan State Police said in a news release that the 8-year-old girl was in her backyard when the alleged assailant came out of the woods, grabbed her and covered her mouth. Authorities said the girl’s brother, 13, hit the alleged attacker in the head and chest using a slingshot.

Police later arrested the 17-yearold based on another family member’s description of the suspect. Authorities also said the teenager had visible wounds from the slingshot.

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A pregnant California woman turned her front lawn into a delivery room, and the proof is on her Ring doorbell camera.

Last Thursday, a week before her due date, Emily Johnson, 31, began having contractions every 10 minutes.

“They were pretty low and slow they weren’t anything to be worried about,” Michael Johnson, Emily’s husband, told CNN on Monday.

Emily knew she wouldn’t be able make it to the hospital in time, so she lay down in the front lawn and accepted she would be delivering the baby right there.

When Sparks pulled up to the house she got down on her hands and knees to help her daughter and shortly after paramedics arrived at the makeshift delivery room. That’s when grandma yelled to them that she saw a head, the couple told CNN.

Baby Thomas was then born at 10:42 p.m. local time on the front lawn, weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces.

“I just laid back in the grass and took a nice deep breath,” Emily told KCRA. “I never want to do that again.”

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CNN
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A pregnant California woman turned her front lawn into a delivery room, and the proof is on her Ring doorbell camera.

Last Thursday, a week before her due date, Emily Johnson, 31, began having contractions every 10 minutes.

“They were pretty low and slow they weren’t anything to be worried about,” Michael Johnson, Emily’s husband, told CNN on Monday.

Emily knew she wouldn’t be able make it to the hospital in time, so she lay down in the front lawn and accepted she would be delivering the baby right there.

When Sparks pulled up to the house she got down on her hands and knees to help her daughter and shortly after paramedics arrived at the makeshift delivery room. That’s when grandma yelled to them that she saw a head, the couple told CNN.

Baby Thomas was then born at 10:42 p.m. local time on the front lawn, weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces.

“I just laid back in the grass and took a nice deep breath,” Emily told KCRA. “I never want to do that again.”