Smart School Aide Foils Kidnap Of An 11 Year Old

* Police Mug shot of Santiago Salazar

by Benson Agoha | International

A smart move by a school Aid has foiled the kidnapping of an 11 year old from the predator, a new report by Fox News revealed Monday.

It a normal Friday outside the gates of Sutter Elementary School in Antioch except that the friendly dad sitting with an 11 year old girl was neither her dad nor her friend. He was her kidnapper, just waiting to drive away with her.

But when Sandra Ferguson arrived at the gate, instincts told her something was wrong. So she asked if the man was the girl's dad.

"Sweetheart is that your dad?" the school aide asked.

"No" she said "..he is my friend".

And Ms Ferguson said "No..is not." What happens next was almost instantaneous as Ms Ferguson decided to act and quickly blocked the vehicle with her own car.

She said: “I put my car in front of his car - I blocked him, and I told her, ‘You get out of the car right now,’”.

The supposed friend is Santiago Salazar 51, whom Police said was not known to the girl, but that he had pulled her into his vehicle.

* Suspect and school aide

The girl was reportedly not hurt and the suspect, 51-year-old Santiago Salazar, was arrested and charged with kidnapping.