Sanitation worker Dion Merrick, Jalisa Lasalle (top inset) and registered sex offender Michael Sereal (bottom inset). | Police/Local23
An emotional Louisiana sanitation worker praised God profusely Monday for helping him save a 10-year-old girl from a registered sex offender who police allege abducted her a day earlier.
“I was on my trash route . I just seen this gray car parked in the field. There was a dude who had this little 10-year-old girl. I just saved that little girl’s life bruh. Thank God bruh. They got him now. They saved that little girl thanks to two Pelican drivers,” said Pelican Waste & Debris worker Dion Merrick during a Facebook Live broadcast Monday from the scene of the rescue in St. Martin Parish.
Pelican Waste & Debris employees Dion Merrick and Brandon Antoine were driving their route when they spotted a suspicious car hidden away in a field; they immediately recalled the alert on their phone, and sprang into action.
Sanitation workers find missing 10-year-old girl while working trash route I was just doing my job man. I was just doing my job and actually came across somebody who needed help, Merrick said. Got me tearing up. Author: Erika Ferrando (WWL) Updated: 7:33 PM CST February 8, 2021
NEW IBERIA, La. Many in Louisiana woke up around 1:30 Monday morning to an Amber Alert on their phone for a missing 10-year-old girl from New Iberia who was believed to be abducted.
A few sanitation workers heard it too and thankfully remained alert during their morning shift. A few hours later while on their trash route, the men saw the vehicle in question.