That’s terrible. You did them a favor and this is how they repaid you? I’m sorry that happened to you, Senna.

That’s what my parents said. Actually, my mother shook her head and said, “No good deed goes unpunished.”

I will still help a lost child because I feel that if I ignore such a situation and something bad happens, I’ll be partially responsible on a moral level. But the help I’ll give is very indirect. What I do if I see a young child alone in a store is inform a store employee and while the parents are being paged, I stand by and don’t take my eyes off the child until the parents, store manager or police arrive. As far as I know, I can’t be arrested or sued for that. But then again, you never know.

I learned a very hard lesson about lost children when I was a teenager. I was in a store and saw a crying child. She was lost and scared, so I comforted her and took her to customer service where we met up with her parents, who were furious and threatened to have me arrested for attempted kidnapping.

That’s terrible. You did them a favor and this is how they repaid you? I’m sorry that happened to you, Senna.

I grew up with people who have mental issues and I have some myself, so it’s very easy for me to see Ms. Rolden’s side of things. Not that I condone the kidnapping. That’s wrong, not to mention disruptive to society and the child’s family, no matter how you’re processing information at the moment. But I do think they need to give the lady some leniency. And treatment. True, she broke the law, but intention should play some factor in how punishment is meted out. If she’d kidnapped the girl with the intent to rape her, beat her, and kill her, then yeah, lock her away and throw away the key. But that’s not what she did. Her mind, through no fault of her own, wasn’t right at the moment and she did something foolish and highly illegal. Should she be punished? Absolutely. But treated the same as someone who intended to do serious harm? No. She had to have been out of her mind to do what she did. Of all the people I know who have similar problems, no matter how nutty they can get, none of them would ever come into contact with a strange child. It’s just too dangerous.

When I see a child left alone in the store, I feel frightened and angry because I’ve read about what horrible things some people can do to children and I know there’s very little I can do to help, lest I be taken for a deviant in doing so! I learned a very hard lesson about lost children when I was a teenager. I was in a store and saw a crying child. She was lost and scared, so I comforted her and took her to customer service where we met up with her parents, who were furious and threatened to have me arrested for attempted kidnapping. When they found out that I wasn’t much older than their child (when I was a teenager, even as young as 12, I was often mistaken for an adult), they backed off. The whole incident really scared the hell out of me. I wasn’t able to even look at a child I didn’t know for about 10 years. And even though that was nearly 20 years ago, I still will not speak to or touch a child I don’t know until the parents give their okay.

And little Sana’s parents…they disgust me. I’m sorry, but in this day and age, you do NOT take your eyes off your child when you’re out in public. If you have to take your eyes off your child, keep your hand on her. If you need both your hands, get one of those little harnesses for toddlers. There are evil people in the world who will take a child if the opportunity presents itself and they will committ unspeakable horrors. (Yeah, I know I’m preaching to choir now.) And there are harmless people who don’t know what they’re doing who will take the child and make you go out of your mind with worry, which is what happened here. Thank goodness that was the case this time! Emphasis on “this time.” This is cruel of me, I know, but I’m glad Sana’s parents had to worry for those hours while she was gone. Maybe they’ll act like parents from now on, instead of leaving her to the mercy of strangers.

A Bubbaku:
Kidnapper took girl.
Paid more attention to her.
Ma and Pa shopped on.

Sorry, my granddaughter is almost 16..

scared me for a second also,wasnt sure how old you meant,,but they are very lucky she wasnt beaten or molested it couldve turned out alot worse then it did,nice to see a happy ending once in awhile,i also am torn between feeling sorry for the woman that took her and feeling angry at the parents,hope she gets the help she desperately needs and also hope those parents learned a lesson that couldve cost them dearly,,my oldest was born during the “Adam Walsh” times where you were repeatedly told NEVER leave a child anywhere in a store to play no matter how close you are to that area because alls it takes is reading ingredients on one bottle of something you turn around and you baby is GONE!!!

Though I have to say that $750,000 bail is higher than we see in most beating or sexual molestation cases, Either her bail is excessive, or those other bails we see are inadequate.

The bail is so high because she is being charged with aggravated kidnapping. (Roldan never tried to contact police and wanted to keep the child longer. )

Roldan had the child for over 7 hours before the police were called.

Roldan, who has two daughters, 18 and 23, told them that she had been babysitting the child for three days.

Roldan, allegedly took her to her home, and to a thrift store where she purchased clothing and a stuffed animal for the girl. A McDonalds and then to her ex-hubbys were they figured out who the girl was.

Roldan’s attorney, said his client suffers from diabetes and said there are questions about her mental capabilities. He said there is a history of bipolar disorder and depression in her family.

I am sure in Roldan mind the act was more like finding a lost puppy and wanting to play with it. But its hard to belive that the little girl was a willing particapant for over 7 hours. Not to mention the mental anguish of the little girls parents had to go through. Yes Roldan is a nutbar (with extra nuts). But that doesnt excuse her from not going to the police right away.

Hell, I could go for a free lunch and a new outfit.

Sorry Cassiemomma, I get so cought up in these stories, I leave half of what I want to say out…

I hear ya. Sometimes I am amazed at how fast I start typing when I get on one of my rants. Hee hee

Sorry, my granddaughter is almost 16..

I was wondering GM, you had me confused for a second