{"id":589757,"date":"2026-04-21T16:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=589757"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:11:16","slug":"gas-station-worker-saves-kidnapped-16-yr-old-when-she-silently-signaled-for-help-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=589757","title":{"rendered":"Gas station worker saves kidnapped 16-yr-old when she silently signaled for help"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 16-year-old Michigan girl who\u2019d been kidnapped and sexually assaulted was saved at the last minute by a keen-eyed gas station worker.<\/p>\n

The rescue happened hours after the unnamed victim was kidnapped from a bus stop on April 13, according to a press release<\/a> from the Wayne County Prosecutor\u2019s Office<\/p>\n

Around 7:05 am that morning, a female Frontier International Academy student observed suspect Donald James Joseph Arthur Fields, 48, walk up to the victim, who was another student, place something at her back, force her into the back of his van, and drive off. Fields allegedly sexually assaulted the victim once he had her in the van.<\/p>\n

Watch surveillance footage of the kidnapping in the first half of the video below (*Graphic content<\/strong>):<\/p>\n

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16 year old girl kidnapped at gunpoint from her school bus stop in Hamtramck Michigan is saved by her own quick thinking and a brave gas station clerk.<\/p>\n

48 year old Donald Fields allegedly forced the teen into his van at 7am on April 13 and sexually assaulted her inside the\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/beRT1QltE5<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 G R I F T Y (@GriftReport) April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cOur young survivor in this case was simply walking in broad daylight when she was viciously attacked and sexually assaulted,\u201d local prosecutor Kym Worthy later said in a statement, according to station WXYZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The student who saw the kidnapping alerted a bus driver, who in turn called the police.<\/p>\n

\u201cHi, I\u2019m a school bus driver. A girl just told me a girl was just snatched up by a man,\u201d the bus driver reportedly said.<\/p>\n

The police then went to the victim\u2019s school to investigate. While there, they noticed other students were tracking the victim\u2019s location through some app.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, after sexually assaulting the victim, Fields drove her to a gas station, walked inside the store with her, and had her try to purchase cigarettes for him for some weird reason (recall she was 16).<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he asked her to pay for the cigarettes, I stopped and go there\u2019s something wrong,\u201d clerk Abdulrahman Abohatem later recalled to WXYZ. \u201cAnd she mouthed talked to me, like with no sound, \u2018help.’\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when Abohatem stepped up to the plate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI go out, I kick him out, I ask the girl to go behind me,\u201d he explained. \u201cI feel good when you save somebody. Sixteen years old \u2014 she is a child.\u201d<\/p>\n

And just as Fields left the gas station, the police who\u2019d been tracking the victim\u2019s location arrived, arrested him, confiscated his gun, and impounded his vehicle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe this could have went a lot worse than it did,\u201d Hamtramck Police Department chief Hussein Farhat said after the arrest. \u201cWe have every belief that this could have ended really badly if it wasn\u2019t for the two witnesses, as well as the officers\u2019 ability to be there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Farhat wasn\u2019t wrong. It turns out that Field is a registered sex offender \u201cwho previously spent time in prison for a home invasion and assault with intent to commit sexual contact,\u201d according to WXYZ.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a man who picked up a child in broad daylight, kidnapped her, sexually assaulted her at gunpoint,\u201d Wayne County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Grace Broughton said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The local school board celebrated the victim\u2019s rescue:<\/p>\n

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I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to the Hamtramck Police Department for their swift and decisive response to\u2026<\/p>\n

Posted by Abdulmalik Algahaim<\/a> on\u00a0Monday, April 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI would like to extend my deepest gratitude to the Hamtramck Police Department for their swift and decisive response to the kidnapping incident involving a student from one of our neighboring schools,\u201d Hamtramck Public Schools Board of Education President Abdulmalik Algahaim said in a Facebook post<\/p>\n

\u201cI also want to recognize and commend the students who witnessed the incident. Their awareness, quick reactions, and willingness to share critical information played a vital role in helping officers track the student\u2019s location and respond without delay. Their courage and cooperation reflect the strength and unity of our youth when faced with danger,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Fields was reportedly arraigned last Thursday and faced\u00a0two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, felonious assault, three counts of felony firearm, five counts of felony firearm, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.<\/p>\n

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A 16-year-old Michigan girl who\u2019d been kidnapped and sexually assaulted was saved at the last minute by a keen-eyed gas station worker. The rescue happened hours after the unnamed victim was kidnapped from a bus stop on April 13, according to a press release from the Wayne County Prosecutor\u2019s Office Around 7:05 am that morning,… Continue reading Gas station worker saves kidnapped 16-yr-old when she silently signaled for help<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":589744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,10,21,12,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-589757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancel-culture","category-censorship","category-civil-liberties","category-election-integrity","category-equal-justice","category-free-speech","category-religious-freedom","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=589757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/589744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=589757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=589757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=589757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}