You try to teach both your kids the same way to be aware of the situation and always pay attention to what's around them and just be mindful," Thomson said. "Just because it was a female that it happened to doesn't mean that it's not boys that are also victims. "We're so caught up nowadays to being stuck in our cell phones that we're not aware of what's going on around us and others," Thomson said.īeing constantly aware of events happening in the surroundings is a lesson he tries to teach his young son and daughter, he said. Thomson said he did what any parent would have in the same situation, if they were observant. "I think more the heroes that should be called out are APD for responding as fast as they did," Thomson said. He said the mother of the student also contacted him to express her gratitude. As of Friday afternoon, he was in the Taylor County Jail, according to online jail records.Ībilene police in a news release Thursday commended Thomson's actions. He was charged with third-degree felony injury to a child, and his bond was set at $15,000. The student told the SRO the suspect had grabbed her hand and tried to drag her to an abandoned house. So, shout out to APD for doing their due diligence while they were already inundated with calls and busy doing other things," Thomson said.Ī student resource officer also interviewed the student once she arrived at her middle school, according to a court document. And, within 30 minutes to an hour, I was told the suspect is in custody. "He followed up and took care of the situation immediately. He contacted bus dispatch and waited a couple of minutes until the student's regular bus arrived.Īfter driving a few blocks, Thomson noticed several police vehicles at an unrelated disturbance and pulled over to tell an officer about the incident. "I guess it's something to entice your child to come over to," he said. The student said the man tried to kidnap her and told her that he loved her and tried to offer a vape cigarette, Thomson said. "She was obviously distraught," Thomson said. Thomson told the girl, who is a student at a different middle school not on his route, that she could sit in his bus and wait until her regular bus arrived. 112 approached the girl, the suspect turned around and walked away. I might not have been there."Īs Thomson's bus No.
"Thirty seconds or one minute to unload a student at the school could have made all the difference in the world. "I was very fortunate that God put me in the situation I was in because I just happened to be in the right place at the right time," Thomson said.
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