Thread: Florida man tries to kill 9-year-old girl in Best Buy bathroom: sheriff

Florida man tries to kill 9-year-old girl in Best Buy bathroom: sheriff

29-year-old James Tadros lured the girl away from her mother, then - after forcing her into the women's restroom - covered her head with a plastic bag and stuffed her face in a toilet. Employees of the Jacksonville store intervened and Tadros was arrested.

By Doyle Murphy / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Monday, August 26, 2013, 9:28 AM



JACKSONVILLE Sheriff's Office

James Tadros allegedly put a plastic bag over the head of 9-year-old girl and stuffed her head in a toilet of a Best Buy bathroom. Employees intervened and saved the girl.

A Florida man tried to kill a 9-year-old girl in a Best Buy bathroom, jamming a plastic bag over her head and stuffing her face in a toilet before employees intervened, authorities said.
Another customer heard the girl screaming and crying inside the women's restroom at the Jacksonville store and notified store staff. An employee looked under the stall and discovered a horrific scene.
James Tadros, 29, had kicked and beaten the girl bloody and was forcing her head inside the toilet, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said in a statement.

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The 6-foot, 250-pound brute dropped the girl, and she escaped beneath the stall to one employee who whisked her out of the restroom. Other employees held Tadros until sheriff's deputies arrived.

The girl told investigators Tadros was a stranger, and he punched and kicked her before putting the bag over her head. The sheriff's office said there was blood all over the stall.



firstcoastnews.com

Tadros lured the 9-year-old girl away from her mother before trying to kill her in the women’s restroom. Best Buy is offering counseling to employees involved in saving the girl from the 29-year-old.

Surveillance video showed Tadros luring the girl away from her mother before the attack, authorities told the Florida Times-Union.

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Tadros was taken to the police station and damaged the interview room, authorities said.

He was charged with attempted murder, false imprisonment and criminal mischief.

Best Buy spokesman Jon Sandler said the company sought counseling for the employees involved.

"Basically, they're heroes," Sandler told the paper. "They saved the girl."

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