Sometimes Fighting Back Works

Around dusk Monday a 10-year-old girl rode her bike through Klahanie, an unincorporated area outside Issaquah. The girl later told the King County Sheriff's Office that a man in a small blue pick-up pulled over, grabbed both her and the bike and took off.

He allegedly drove a mile and a half down the road, the girl kicking at him and screaming the whole way. He finally pulled over, just inside the Issaquah city limits, pushed her out of the car, set the bike on the sidewalk, and drove off. The girl went to a nearby house, asked to use the phone, and called her mom.

In a press release, the Sheriff's office says the girl's story has so far checked out, making it an actual stranger kidnapping, the kind of rare occurrence that keeps parents up at night.

Today they released this sketch (click on it for a larger image). If the guy looks familiar and drives a blue truck, call the Sheriff's office at 296-4155.