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STORY..
FOR JERRY GOLDEN...
THE ORDEAL BEGAN THREE
WEEKS AGO...
AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AT
NIGHT AT HIS FAVORITE
GLENN BURNIE RESTAURANT.
AND ENDED AROUND ONE
IN THE MORNING.. MILES
AWAY FROM HIS HOME.
DENISE SAUNDERS JOINS
US FROM THE NEWSROOM...
TO EXPLAIN.
/// DENISE/NEWSROOM ////
IN THE YEARS GOLDEN
HAD EATEN AT THIS
RESTAURANT..
NHING HAS EVER
HAPPENED...
BUT IN ONE UNASSUMING
DAY...
HE WAS CARJACKED...
ROBBED...
HELD CAPTIVE...
AND TAKEN ON A RIDE-
THROUGH SOME OF
BALTIMORE'S ROUGHEST
NEIGHBORHOODS...
AND THE IRONY... HE
WAS SAVED BY THE SAME
TYPE OF PERSON WHO HAD
ABDUCTED HIM.
// TAKE PKG/SAUNDERS///
(GOLDEN...
T#1 :21:16
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU
WANT...
AND HE SAID FIRST I
WANT YOUR MONEY.. YOUR
CAR AND YOU.... AND HE
STUCK HIS FINGER IN MY
FACE.)
FOR JERRY GOLDEN..
THE DAY WAS SLOWLY
COMING TO AN END...
WITH DINNER AT ONE OF
HIS FAVORITE
RESTAURANTS...
WHEN A STRANGE MAN
OPENED HIS CAR DOOR...
AND DEMANDED THEY TAKE A
RIDE.
(GOLDEN...
T#1 :30:24
"I SAID OKAY I CAN
UNDERSTAND THE MONEY AND
THE CAR... BUT WHAT DO
YOU NEED ME FOR.. HE
SAID YOU ARE GOING TO BE
MY INSURANCE... I SAID
THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL
I'M GOING TO BE YOUR
INSURANCE.)
BUT AT THE AGE OF
81...
GOLDEN REALIZED HE HAD
NO OTHER CHOICE.
AND FOR THE NEXT SIX
HOURS WOULD DRIVE BACK
AND FORTH...
THROUGH CURTIS BAY...
CHERRY HILL AND BROOKLYN
HEIGHTS.
(GOLDEN...
T#1 1:24:22
"BUT KEPT RUNNING
BACK... AND FORTH..
BETWEEN THESE FOUR
PLACES.. OVER AND OVER
AGAIN... AND DOING CRACK
HOUSE IN CURTIS BAY...
WE HIT THAT SAME PLACE
SEVEN TIMES.)
GOLDEN SAYS HIS
ABDUCTOR WAS BUYING
DRUGS... ***... AND
SMOKING IT IN THE CAR.
(GOLDEN...
T#1 2:24:04
"HE BOUGHT ABOUT 140
DOLLARS WORTH OF CRACK
AT SEVEN DIFFERENT
PLACES AND HE ALSO
BOUGHT TWO PIPES.)
ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS
GOLDEN SAYS HE WENT
INSIDE THE HOMES...
BUT ALWAYS STAYING
IN EYESIGHT OF HIS
ABDUCTOR...
AND ALWAYS THREATENED
WITH VIOLENCE... IF HE
TRIED TO ESCAPE.
(GOLDEN...
T#1 11:23:19
"AND EVERY COUPLE OF
MINUTES HE WAS SAYING
THE SAME THING.. AND THE
NEXT TIME.. HE WOULD SAY
I DON'T WANT TO HURT YOU
POP.)
GOLDEN SAYS HIS
ABDUCTOR KEPT THIS UP...
UNTIL ANOTHER ALLEGED
DRUG DEALER CAME TO HIS
RESCUE.
(GOLDEN...
T#1 6:19:18
"HE SAYS WHAT THE
HELL ARE YU DOING... HE
SAYS I"M STAYING WITH
YOU UNTIL.. THE OLD MAN
GETS OUT OF HERE....
THAT'S WHEN HE
SAID... I"LL DRIVE DOWN
ONE BLOCK.. AND I'LL LET
YOU OUT.)
EVENTUALLY.. THE
ABDUCTOR WAS SCARED
AWAY..
AND GOLDEN WAS
RELEASED...
AFTER NEARLY SIX
HOURS... THE ORDEAL WAS
FINALLY OVER...
TONIGHT... GOLDEN HAS
NOTHING BUT PRAISE FOR
HIS RESCUER.
(GOLDEN...
T#1 8:41:17
"BUT THESE GUYS SAVED
MY BUTT.. AND NOT ONLY
DID THEY SAVE MY BUTT..
BUT NOT ONE OF THEM...
FAILED TO SAY SIR.. OR
YES SIR.. OR MISTER.)
/
BECAUSE THE ABDUCTOR
INSISTED ON TAKING
GOLDEN ON HIS DRUG
RIDE...
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
POLICE WERE ABLE TO MAKE
A QUICK ARREST.
BEHIND BARS
TONIGHT...
IS 37 YEAR OLD NEIL
WHITING...
A CONVICTED CRIMINAL
WHO HAD JUST BEEN
RELEASED FROM PRISON..
IN SEPTEMBER.
/// JENN QUESTION/////
DENISE...
WHAT ABOUT THE PERSON
WHO INTERVENED AND SAVED
HIS LIFE?
/// DENISE/NEWSROOM ////
HE HASN'T SEEN HIM...
AFTER THE ABDUCTOR LEFT
HIM...
THE MAN WHO SAVED
GOLDEN'S LIFE...
ASKED HIM TO TAKE HIM
AND THREE OTHER PEOPLE
TO A MOTEL.
GOLDEN DID.. AND
DROVE HOME...
AND CALLED POLICE.
THANKS DENISE
/
/ THE STATE OF
MARYLAND IS SCHEDULED TO
CARRY OUT AN EXECUTION
IN LESS THAN 10 DAYS.