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Speak Out: Are Your Kids Safe After 2 Possible Kidnappings?
Two incidents involving men trying to pick up young girls have left some residents uneasy.

Deputies are investigating two incidents in which a man tried to pick up a young girl after she got off of the school bus.Â
The incidents both happened near South Congaree less than a month apart.Â
In February, a man offered a ride to a 14-year-old girl who had just stepped off the bus at a stop on Edmund Highway.Â
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Last week, a 9-year-old girl found a man waiting in a car in her driveway. When she ran, he started to chase her.Â
Both girls got away safely and alerted adults who called the Lexington County Sheriff's Department.
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Tell us: Do you feel that your kids are safe riding the bus? Are you doing anything differently to keep your kids safe since these incidents?Â
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