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James Cavallaro
http://www.wmtw.com/news/attempted-abduction-stopped-at-state-museum/30297322?hpt=ju_bn1The Maine State Museum employee who sprang into action and foiled an attempted child abduction talked
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on Friday.
Sharon Wise said she's not a hero but that her instincts kicked in, and it must have been the growl of her voice that sent James Cavallaro, 58, of Bath, running from the museum
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"The guy came almost running over here and grabbed her coat and is trying to yank it up over her head,
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at precisely 12:18 p.m., she spotted a man lurking in the lobby of the museum where she has worked for years.
Right in front of the reception desk
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the 2-year-old girl's grandmother was hanging their coats when a man tried to snatch her.
"He grabbed hold of her wrist and he starts pulling her, and at that point, instinctively, I bent over and hovered over the child, and I kept saying in a low, very low voice, 'Leave her alone. Let go of her, let her go. Don't you touch her,'
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He kept pulling her, and he pulled her a couple of steps,"
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Wise stepped between the man and the child and prevented an alleged abduction.
"And (I) looked him right in the eye and I was really close to him and I said, 'Let go of her now,' and he waited for a minute, looked me right in the eye and he dropped her hand and left,"
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Within minutes, Capitol police arrested Cavalla in the parking lot and charged him with assault.
"He was definitely not leaving the museum with a two year old. It wasn't going to happen. So I'm glad I was here. Anyone else in the museum would have done the same thing,"
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She said museum employees were trained how to deal with this kind of a situation. She used a firm voice with the suspect, then a stern voice.
Cavallaro is being held at the Kennebec County Jail.
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police said this was a random act.
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have surveillance tapes from the museum, but they wouldn't release them, saying those tapes are part of the investigation.