{"id":165930,"date":"2021-11-08T13:22:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T18:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=165930"},"modified":"2021-11-08T13:24:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T18:24:01","slug":"a-16-year-old-girl-learned-a-hand-gesture-on-tiktok-to-signal-for-help-law-enforcement-says-it-saved-her-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/a-16-year-old-girl-learned-a-hand-gesture-on-tiktok-to-signal-for-help-law-enforcement-says-it-saved-her-life\/","title":{"rendered":"A 16-year-old girl learned a hand gesture on TikTok to signal for help. Law enforcement says it saved her life."},"content":{"rendered":"

Police in Kentucky successfully located a missing North Carolina teenager last week after a good Samaritan was able to identify that the girl was signaling for help.<\/p>\n

According to the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office:<\/strong> Laurel Sheriff’s Lieut. Chris Edwards along with Detective Robert Reed arrested James Herbert Brick age 61 of Cherokee, North Carolina on Thursday afternoon November 4, 2021 at approximately 12:33 PM. The arrest occurred at the intersection of I\u201375 at KY 80 (Exit 41) after Laurel Sheriff’s investigators were dispatched by Laurel 911 to observe for a silver colored Toyota passenger car that was allegedly traveling through the construction area north of London \u2013 the vehicle was reported traveling southbound.<\/p>\n

The complainant was behind the vehicle and noticed a female passenger in the vehicle making hand gestures that are known on the social media platform “Tik Tok” to represent violence at home \u2013 I need help \u2013 domestic violence.<\/p>\n

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The complainant advised 911 that the female appeared to be in distress. In addition, the complainant noted that the vehicle was being driven by a male subject. As the vehicle traveled southbound on I\u201375 the complainant continued to follow the vehicle giving Laurel 911 dispatch updates on the suspect\u2019s vehicle’s location.<\/p>\n

Laurel Sheriff’s investigators positioned themselves at exit 41 at London to observe for the suspect vehicle and were advised by the complainant that the vehicle was exiting the interstate at exit 41. As the suspect vehicle exited Laurel Sheriff’s detectives and deputies conducted a traffic stop on the Toyota passenger car and conducted an investigation on its occupants. It was learned through investigation that the female passenger was a reported missing juvenile \u2013 reported by her parents on Tuesday morning missing from Asheville, North Carolina.<\/p>\n