Man gets 4 years for abduction at Granby high

0 Comments | The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA, May 22, 2010 | by LOUIS HANSEN

By Louis Hansen

The Virginian-Pilot

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One afternoon, Andrew Truelove thought bullies were threatening Granby High School .

He drove to the school, grabbed a lug wrench and strode toward the athletic field. In his path, he grabbed an 8-year-old girl by the straps of her backpack and pulled her away.

Her older sister, a Granby student, and several others quickly took the girl back to safety.

On Friday, the girl’s mother told a judge that for a long time her daughter “was very afraid to go any place.” Two years after the attack, her mother said, she still gets anxious in crowds .

Judge Karen J. Burrell sentenced Truelove to four years in prison for abduction, ordered him to participate in psychiatric care and take prescribed medications. Burrell also barred Truelove from having contact with the victim, her family and Granby High School
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