PTC man indicted for plans to kidnap child

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PTC man indicted for plans to kidnap child

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A Fayette County

Grand Jury has indicted a Peachtree City man on several charges relating

what police called a plan to abduct a child from a local school.

Andrew Joseph

Magnuson, 22, was indicted last week for enticing a child for indecent

purposes, criminal attempt to commit kidnapping and violation of the Pornography

and Child Exploitation Prevention Act of 1999.

Police said

Magnuson held two boys against their will back in October after offering

to give them a ride home. He tried to lure them into his home, police

added.

The boys were

eventually let go, but not before Magnuson "described explicit sexual

acts" to the children, according to a warrant for his arrest.

Magnuson is

being held at the Fayette County Jail without bond. He was arrested near

Oak Grove Elementary School on a golf cart that matched the color of the

description given by the two boys, police said.

At the time

of the arrest, Magnuson had duct tape, a rope, bungee cords, a knife and

other items in his possession that could have been used to kidnap someone,

according to an arrest warrant.

Days before

his arrest, Magnuson was near the school attempting to solicit children

for assistance in locating a missing person using a copy of a report he

printed off the Internet, police said.

The grand jury

also indicted:

Michael Andrew

Shaffer of Jonesboro for armed robbery, failure to stop or return to the

scene of an accident and following too closely and Ricky Shane Yarbrough

of McDonough for armed robbery. Police said the two struck another vehicle

and after the driver of that vehicle stopped, they robbed her of her purse

and cell phone at gunpoint.

Karl Bryan

Hodge, an inmate already awaiting trial on murder charges at the Fayette

County Jail, for allegedly having a sock tied in a knot containing batteries

that could have been used as a weapon. He was also indicted for possession

of a drug called Metronidazole. Hodge is one of three defendants accused

of murdering a man in a separate incident which police characterized as

a drug deal gone bad.

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