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# Junior High School on Lockdown During Alleged Kidnapping in East New York
- URL: https://bklyner.com/kidnapped-at-knifepoint/
- Published: 2019-11-26T21:27:48.000Z
- Updated: 2019-11-26T22:33:46.000Z
- Author: Lloyd Mitchell
- Tags: East New York, Eastern Brooklyn, Police & Fire, Junior High School 292 Margaret S. Douglas, kidnapping, #wp

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Junior High School 292 Margaret S. Douglass was briefly placed on lockdown after an alleged kidnapping. Lloyd Mitchell/Bklyner

EAST NEW YORK — A young woman told emergency services she was being kidnapped at knifepoint just before 9 a.m. today in East New York.

Officers from the 75th Precinct responded to the incident at Grace Playground at Belmont and Jersey Avenues.

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NYPD Detective stands in front of Grace Playground . Lloyd Mitchell/Bklyner.

The situation caused Junior High School 292 Margaret S. Douglas to be placed on lockdown while cops searched for a suspect. NYPD and DCPI did not say if the young woman was a student at the school.

According to police sources she recanted her story. The victim was involved in a dispute with her boyfriend at the location.

It is unclear at this time if she will face charges at this time.

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Ambulance at the scene of an alleged kidnapping in East New York. Lloyd Mitchell/Bklyner