Updated: 6:28 PM EDT May 3, 2021
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Show Transcript TODD: PROSECUTORS SAY SHE WAS PLAYING OUTSIDE HER HOME WHEN SHE WAS APPROACHED AND KIDNAPPED BRIEFLY BY A STRANGER. THE DEFENDANT IS ALLEGED TO HAVE PICKED UP THE VICTIM, KISSED HER, AND WALKED TWO OR THREE STEPS WHILE HOLDING HER. KIDNAPPING ALLEGEDL HAPPENED SUNDAY EVENING OUTSIDE HER HOME. WITNESSE TOLD THEM THE MAN PUT HER DOWN. HE DID AND STARTED WALKING AWAY. FAMILYMEMBERS SHAVE CHASED AFTER HIM AND CAUGHT HIM. POLICE ARRIVED A SHORT TIME LATER. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALLOWED TO REMAIN OUT OF VIEW OF THE CAMERA. HE IS CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING AND INDECENT ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON A CHILD. ANTHONY JACKSON HAS THREE OPEN CASES, ALL INVOLVING HIM MASTURBATING. SOMETIMES IN PUBLIC AND SOMETIMES IN FRONT OF CHILDREN. A DOCTOR TESTIFIED HE HAS A HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATIONS, DATING BACK TO AGE 17. HIS DEFENSE ATTORNEY ARGUES MEDICATION COULD HAVE AFFECTED HIS BEH