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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Whenever the ticker at the top of the page is yellow

There's an Amber alert in place (or being cancelled), and it's always good to check on the details by clicking the ticker if you're anywhere in the area. Tonight one drew my attention and it turns out it involves a child who was abducted from her own home in the middle of the night. A five-year-old girl named Haleigh Cummings disappeared from her bedroom some time after 3 AM Tuesday morning in Satsuma, Florida. Satsuma is approximately 75 miles east of Gainsville. We're not in proximity, but it's easy to get from Florida to Kentucky via I-75.

Haleigh is a white female, 3 feet tall, weighs 39 pounds and has blonde hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a pink shirt and underwear. Anyone with any information are urged to call the Putnam County Sheriff's office at (386) 329-0808 or dial 911. A picture can be found at: http://www.codeamber.org/cummingsfl/. For more information about the ticker and the service, go to http://www.codeamber.org. You can put a ticker on your own website or be alerted on a mobile phone as well.

One thing Kentucky does that I had no idea about until I became a gas station atttendant is that Amber alerts come over the lottery machines. Most gas stations in the state sell lottery tickets, and it's a perfect way to alert people who are most likely to see suspicious vehicles and persons along a roadway.

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