Man Accused of Kidnapping Girl Arrested in Azle After She Runs Into KFC for Help

A man suspected of kidnapping a child he met on Snapchat was arrested Tuesday after the girl ran into a restaurant and asked for help, Azle police say.About 9:30 a.m., the man accused of taking the girl went into a pawn shop on Boyd Road, near Jacksboro Highway, and left her unattended in a vehicle. The girl went into the Kentucky Fried Chicken next door and told employees that she was being held against her will, police said. "She was just shaking. She was a scared little girl," KFC co-manager Shannon Cates told KXAS-TV (NBC5).Cates and co-manager Lynci Cedillo comforted the girl, locked the doors and called the police, who arrived quickly. Police detained 24-year-old Diamond Marquis Williams of Fort Worth without incident. He was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital for treatment of a minor self-inflicted wound and was being held Wednesday in the Tarrant County Jail. The girl was taken to Cook Children's Medical Center to be evaluated and treated and has been reunited with her family.  Continue reading...

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