YOUR COMMENTS

if this guy were smart, he'd say he is muslim and the PC nitwits would've left him alone!
- fpc, bedford

If this man is innocent the surely media and UL will retract their statements.
I ask you this; How many accused pedophiles and predators are actually innocent? I would be interested in knowing if this man has any prior charges against him for violent crimes. This type of individual can coerce their victim to drop charges or hire a good attorney to get them off.
The threat of your face being put out there for all to see may deter some of these deviants.
There is probably more to this story than is printed here. Let’s wait for the whole story to unravel before we feel sorry for this man.
It seems like crimes against women and children are on the rise. If you are not part of the solution, maybe you are part of the problem.
- Ed, Manchester

To KL, Raymond,
I agree that you if this person was actually guilty. But what if this person is innocent and his life has been ruined unnecessarily? I do not think that the media is doing justice if someone is not convicted of the offense yet. Obviously everyone already assumes this person is guilty.
- J., Bedford

I think there are more pedophiles around than people think. I know of a young man who lives at the Manchester shelter and has been stalked by many older men in cars. He has reported one because of the many times one particular car did this and gave the license number to the police.
The odacity of older men stalking young kids that are on foot is outrageous to me.
They need to be reported, and put away because not all parents can walk everywhere with their children holding their hand- all day long while they attend school, or have to go places without a ride or a vehicle.
- j, Manchester

Cheryl, I couldn't agree with you more. With the exception of the teenager, why are these kids alone at these ages? Might as well hang a sign around their necks saying "take me!"
- Marie, Moultonboro

Where are the parents? NEVER would I let my kids walk alone without parental supervision at the age of 8 or 10. C'MON!
- Cheryl, Manchester

A better question might be why our society has gotten to this point? Our laws are weak and our leaders weaker. It was not simply luck that allowed my generation to be able to play outside or go to school without the fear some seem to live in today. But then we had the greatest generation in leadership positions and not these politically correct sixties hippies.

Once we had a guy running around naked in the neighborhood and all the MEN got together and went looking for the guy. Today I'd imagine the men would be the ones facing charges if they caught such a person. How far we have come in thirty five years.
- Deb, Derry

OK - It's making more sense to me now. I was listening to WMUR's news broadcast on my car radio yesterday afternoon and they said the man that had followed this 16 year old girl was doing so at twice the posted speed limit. Apparently he had made her nervous so she tried to go faster to get some distance from him and he stayed right on top of her car. Luckily she was able to pull into a busy area and he turned and ran. She was then able to safely use her cellphone to call for help.
This article is still vague and easy to confuse. I too thought it was becoming open season on men again.
- Tracy, Manchester

Now, the rest of the story. The Union Leader has been taken over by the National Inquirer. It is OFFICIAL, the UL is a supermarket tabloid, with all the attendent credentials.
- Grampa, Franklin

Happened again just today - in Windham.
Kid getting off his bus got approached by a couple in a car.
- Kyle, Windham

Soon the feds will add an addendum to NO DRUGS WITHIN SCHOOL ZONE signs. They will include: NO MEN IN VEHICLES IN SCHOOL PARKING LOT. I hope there is more to this story. Already the paper and WMUR has plastered the picture of the ALLEGED criminal. But, isn't that always the way.
- Mike, Bedford

Where are the parents? NEVER would I let my kids walk alone without parental supervision at the age of 8 or 10. C'MON!
- Cheryl, Manchester

The NHSP should convene an information-sharing meeting. This may be a ring. Good job kids and the BPD.
- John, Bow

The teen girl from Bedford did the right thing. Trust your instincts, usually they are right.
- d, manchester

Parents - Make sure your children have cell phones with camera capability.

One picture's worth a thousand words!!
- Harry, Atkinson

this situation requires community effort. It is not something that the police alone should be responsible for. This guy obviously has bad intentions and as a community...we should be binding together and on the lookout. It would be horrific to have an abducted or murdered child here in NH.
- tracy, manchester

Why do you post a picture of someone who was not even near the high school on that day, who never had a vehicle of that type and color and never had a beard. I think this is slander and you should be more careful.

*** Editor's note: The story is about multiple incidents involving men and minors. The photo is a mug shot of a man arrested in an incident referred to in the story. ***
- J., Bedford

you know since all this sexual thing came up no one can do anything anywhere near any girl or woman if you happened to come from the same place they did at the same time and you go in the same direction as they do that a person can be arrested where the hell is the law that states unless you do something we cant do nothing to protect you unless he beats you or shoots you first bob roberts
- bob roberts, berlin

On Nov. 3, a man described as bearded and in his 50s followed a 16-year-old girl as she left the Bedford High School auditorium about 6:30 p.m. Police said the man never spoke or touched the teen, but followed her as she walked to and got into her car. The teen told police the man got into a midsized dark-colored SUV or van and followed her as she drove out of the school parking lot. He turned the car around, she said, when she reached a crowded business parking lot.

OK - help me out, I read this and I wonder if more MUST have happened to warrant an arrest... after all, what if this man was just leaving the school at the same time as the girl?? If one teenager is there at 6:30pm odds are there was something going on where other kids were there too - and probably relatives of those kids. He didn't touch or speak to her. Leaving a school parking lot you typically have 2 choices, a 50% chance that the car that leaves at the same time as you will turn in the same direction. What is missing to take this to a criminal charge?
- Tracy, Manchester

No adult should be able to live within 30 miles of a school zone? are you actually quoting this from someone? ridiculous... I don't think there is a whole lot the law can do for prevention. I think this is where the parents responsibilities come in to light. I have my child in self defense classes and have given him tips on what to do in a "stranger danger" situation. I dont feel it's appropriate for an 8 year old to be standing alone at a bus stop alone either! Was this woman really watching her son from inside? If thats the case, how did the man have the chance to come around again? I feel that most parents would have come running like lightning if they saw a strange man approach their child. C'mon parents!! Our children rely on us to be responsible and protect them. Wake up.
- Jane, Manchester NH

"Quick! Let's make new laws that wildly restrict person freedom. As a mother I can't imagine this happening to my child and I hope our state officials take this matter seriously. No adult should be able to live within 30 miles of a school zone. There is just no reason for it. Think of the children!"

Just wait for it...
- Michael, Manchester

Could there be a possible link to the ones' that happend here in Manchester?
- D.J., Manchester