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Sex offender arrested in kidnapping
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Police in northern Georgia chased down and arrested a convicted sex offender Sunday who was wanted in the abduction of his roommate's 11-year-old son, authorities said. (article 1) Frederick Fretz was arrested by police in Cartersville, Georgia, shortly after 2 p.m., said Edwina Wood (article 1) Cartersville police were called Sunday to a shopping center near the intersection of the town's main street and Interstate 75 to investigate a report of a man acting suspiciously, Wood said. (article 1) Fretz, who had been living with the boy and his father, picked up the boy at a Dunnellon, Fla., Elementary School on Tuesday, police said. (article 2) Authorities searching for a missing 11-year-old Florida boy said an apparently broken-down car was found in Georgia on Friday belonging to a convicted child molester suspected of leaving the state with him. (article 3) An Amber Alert was issued Wednesday for 11-year-old Adam Kirkirt , whom investigators suspect was picked up from his Dunnellon, Fla., school by Fretz (article 3) Officials said Fretz had been living with Kirkirt and his father , Ivan Kirkirt, and that Fretz frequently took the boy to and from school. (article 3)

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    1. Sex offender arrested in kidnapping (CNN, 01/24/2005, 375 words)
    2. Convicted child molester caught in Georgia (msnbc.msn.com, 01/23/2005, 321 words)
    3. Police find car belonging to convicted child molester suspected of leaving Florida with youth (sfgate.com, 01/21/2005, 450 words)
    4. Police search for convicted sex offender (CNN, 01/22/2005, 353 words)




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