(Nov. 13) -- Two teens are being crediting with stopping a child molester they spotted in a movie theater, The Oregonian reported.
Nichelle McKinney and her friend Shai'Onna Jackson-Justice, both 14, were watching a film in February at a Portland, Ore., theater when McKinney said she saw a man touching a little girl in a way that didn't seem right.
"I thought I was imagining things," Nichelle told the paper. She moved closer to the man's seat and quickly realized her first instincts were correct.
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Faith Cathcart, The Oregonian
Nichelle McKinney, 14, and a teenage friend are being credited with catching a child molester who was abusing a youngster in a movie theater.
Shai'Onna tried texting her grandmother, but when the woman didn't respond, Nichelle tapped another movie patron on the shoulder.
That woman, Christine Bemrose, told the man to stop. When he didn't respond, Bemrose, who works with children as a speech pathologist, found the manager, who called 911.
On Tuesday the man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for molesting his daughter during weekends when he had custody of the child. Officials said the abuse could have gone on for years if Nichelle hadn't spoken up.
Said a prosecutor, "This is a case where the public really stood up for what is right."
Read the full story in The Oregonian.
