NEW DETAILS--
...ON YESTERDAY'S FRIGHTENING
SCENE OUT OF SPRINGFIELD,
MASSACHUSETTS.
AN ELEVEN YEAR OLD GIRL--
ABDUCTED ON HER WAY HOME FROM
SCHOOL.
TODAY-- THE SUSPECT FACED A
JUDGE.
POLICE SAY 24-YEAR-OLD OLD
MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ FORCED
CHARLOTTE MOCCIA INTO HIS CAR--
AS SHE GOT OFF THE BUS.
AN AMBER ALERT WAS ISSUED -- AND
SHE WAS FOUND SAFE LAST NIGHT--
AFTER DRIVERS SPOTTED
RODRIGUEZ'S CAR ON THE MASS
PIKE.
NEW TONIGHT, EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER COURTNEY CARTER IS LIVE
IN STUDIO-- WITH WHAT WAS
REVEALED IN COURT TODAY.
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WELL IT'S A SITUATION THAT NO
PARENT WOULD EVER WANT TO BE
IN..
A DAY AFTER POLICE SAY HE
ABDUCTED THAT LITTLE GIRL..JUST
WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL.
HE PLEADED NOT* GUILTY BEFORE A
JUDGE TODAY...
POLICE SAY HE ABDUCTED
11-YEAR-OLD CHARLOTTE MOCCIA
(MA-che-AHH) OFF A STREET IN
SPRINGFIELD..RIGHT AFTER SHE GOT
OFF HER SCHOOL BUS.
THAT PROMPTED AN AMBER ALERT.
THURSDAY HE WAS ORDERED HELD
WITHOUT BAIL ...
"can I see the attorneys on this
case?"
RODRIGUEZ...OF SPRINGFIELD, WORE
A WHITE JUMPSUIT, WITH HIS HANDS
CUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK AS A
JUDGE ENTERED A NOT GUILTY PLEA
ON HIS BEHALF IN SPRINGFIELD
DISTRICT COURT.
HE WAS ORDERED BY THE JUDGE TO
UNDERGO A MENTAL HEALTH
EVALUATION.
"well counsel I'm reading some
affadavits, reported restraining
orders a year ago, I have some
concerns about mental illness
and mental health. I am ordering
a 15-A evaluation"
HIS LAWYER, OBJECTING TO IT, BUT
RODRIGUEZ WILL STILL BE REQUIRED
TO UNDERGO THE COURT-ORDERED
EVALUATION.
"we would object to the 15-A,
there has been nothing that
occured in court today that
would warrant one and your honor
is acting upon information based
off of years ago"
RODRIGUEZ WAS ARRESTED
WEDNESDAY..ON THE MASSACHUSETTS
TURNPIKE.
INVESTIGATORS SAID HE FORCED THE
11-YEAR-OLD INTO HIS HONDA CIVIC
IN AROUND 1-30 P-M..
THAT AMBER ALERT...ISSUED FOUR
HOURS LATER.
POLICE SAY THEY RECIEVED SEVERAL
CALLS JUST AFTER SEVEN ..
DRIVERS ALONG THE TURNPIKE...
SEEING A VEHICLE MATCHING THE
DESCRIPTION IN THE ALERT...
CALLING 911.
STATE POLICE WERE MONITORING A
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SITE CLOSE
BY..AND MOVED IN.
"we quickly located charlotte in
the backseat of the vehicle and
instantly removed her."
POLICE FOUND A KNIFE IN THE CAR
DURING THE ARREST...
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THE 11-YEAR-OLD WAS SAID TO BE
O-K..BUT WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL
AS A PRECAUTION.
RODRIGUEZ IS DUE BACK IN COURT
THE TRIAL IS SCHEDULED TO GET
UNDERWAY NEXT TUESDAY.
(HE)
WE HAVE NEW DETAILS AT SIX ON
THE KIDNAPPING OF A SPRINGFIELD
MASSACHUSETTS GIRL, THAT LED TO
AN AMBER ALERT LAST.
(MM)
THAT GIRL IS SAFE AND THE
SUSPECT IS UNDER ARREST.
TONIGHT --- WE'RE HEARING FROM A
SPRINGFIELD COUPLE---- WHO
ACTUALLY CHASED THE SUSPECT IN
THEIR CAR ---
"It's him It's him It's him It's
him ...[car engine revs]....no,
this is a blue honda civic and
they're doing 100 miles an hour
right now.
"When he noticed that we were
really chasing him all the way
down the side streets, he just
started blowing through every
single red light and my husband
blew threw every single red
light with him [HEAVY SIGH]"]
(MM)
AMANDA DISLEY AND BENNY CORREA
PURSUED THE SUSPECT AS LONG AS
THEY COULD --- EVEN THOUGH THEY
HAD THEIR OWN KIDS IN THE CAR
WITH THEM.
THEY HAD TO GIVE UP THE CHASE---
WHEN THEY RAN OUT OF GAS!
"We blew our suspension, our
tire, I hit some dirt, I almost
killed me and my kids because I
jumped in front of cars and blew
threw red lights and ... but I
wasn't thinking about that."
(MM)
THE COUPLE WAS ABLE TO GET THE
SUSPECT'S PLATES --- WHICH LATER
HELPED POLICE STOP HIM, AND
RESCUE THE GIRL.
(HE)
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER
COURTNEY CARTER CONTINUES OUR
COVERAGE LIVE IN STUDIO.
WELL THAT LITTLE GIRL WAS
MISSING FOR HOURS*...
AND CHARLOTTE IS NOW SAFELY HOME
WITH HER FAMILY..
WHILE MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ...THE MAN
POLICE SAY ABDUCTED HER...STOOD
BEFORE A JUDGE.
FEAR. RELIEF. ANXIETY.
CHARLOTTE'S FAMILY WAITING TO
HEAR WORD, AFTER POLICE SAY
MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ ABDUCTED HER.
HER FAMILY SCREAMING OUT IN
RELIEF* WEDNESDAY EVENING...THAT
CHARLOTTE MOCCIA WAS LOCATED AND
ALIVE..
"once I saw her in his hands I
knew she was safe."
THE MAN **POLICE SAY TOOK
HER... IN COURT THURSDAY.
11-YEAR-OLD CHARLOTTE MOCCIA
(MA-che-AHH) WAS TAKEN FROM A
STREET IN SPRINGFIELD... RIGHT
AFTER SHE GOT OFF HER SCHOOL
BUS.
INVESTIGATORS SAY HE FORCED THE
GIRL INTO HIS BLUE HONDA CIVIC
AROUND 1-30 P-M.
THAT PROMPTED AN AMBER ALERT.
THURSDAY HE WAS ORDERED HELD
WITHOUT BAIL.
HE WAS ALSO ORDERED BY THE JUDGE
TO UNDERGO A MENTAL HEALTH
EVALUATION.
POLICE SAY THEY RECEIVED SEVERAL
CALLS WEDNESDAY EVENING.
FROM DRIVERS ALONG THE
MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE..
SEEING A VEHICLE MATCHING THE
DESCRIPTION IN THE AMBER
ALERT..AND CALLING 9-1-1.
WITH STATE POLICE ALSO CLOSE
BY..MONITORING A HIGHWAY
CONSTRUCTION SITE ..THEY FOUND
HIM.. AND HER.
RODRIGUEZ WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY
ON THE TURNPIKE.
POLICE ALSO FOUND A KNIFE IN
RODRIGUEZ'S CAR...DURING THE
ARREST.
HE IS DUE BACK IN COURT..NEXT