It took ECSO about eight hours to find suspect and vehicle
Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons said more than 50 deputies descended on the Warrington area to find the suspect. Jared Paul Stanga, a 30-year-old Pensacola man, was apprehended about eight hours after the thwarted abduction.
Girl was approached two weeks ago by same man
Simmons said the kidnapping appears to be random, although the girl did report that two weeks ago the same man approached her and spoke to her. Simmons didn t detail the specifics of the conversation, but said it was enough to make the girl feel uneasy. He added that it s possible the girl had been watched for several weeks.
May 20, 2021
The man accused of the attempted kidnapping of an 11-year old girl from a bus stop Tuesday morning in Escambia County headed to work off Muscogee Road after the incident.
Jared Paul Stanga, 30, is charged with attempted kidnapping of a child under 13, aggravated assault and battery. He was booked into the Escambia County Jail bond without bond.
About 7 a.m., a white Dodge Journey pulled up to the girl waiting at the bus stop on Old Corry Field Road and Perdido Street. That when Stanga tried to grab the girl, but she fought back.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office was able to piece together video evidence that Stanga fled from the kidnapping scene along North Corry Field Road, to New Warrington Road to Mobile Highway. Numerous cameras captured the vehicle along Mobile Highway, and an eventual turn onto Pine Forest Road to the Murphy Express. One of those cameras clearly showed the license plate.
‘What is he going to do with me?’ Florida girl recounts kidnapping attempt at bus stop
Jared Stanga faces attempted kidnapping, aggravated assault charges
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ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. – An 11-year-old Florida girl who fought off a man in a brazen attempted kidnapping is sharing her experience.
Alyssa Bonal said the attack happened quickly. She described the thoughts rushing through her mind as a man with a knife tried to kidnap her.
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“What is he going to do with me? Where is he going to where am I going to be at?” she recalled.
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Law enforcement said she did exactly what she should have done by running and fighting back to get away.