From -
http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/021208girlgrabbed-cb.b6472e35.html?npc

Girl, 15, grabbed, choked at Austin hotel

02:34 PM CST on Tuesday, February 12, 2008

KVUE News

A man has been arrested and accused of trying to kidnap a 15-year-old girl at an Austin hotel.

It happened on Saturday at the Doubletree Hotel on Interstate 35. The girl told police a man grabbed her by the neck while she was standing outside the fourth floor elevators.

She said she was choked and dragged down three hallways to a doorway that led to a stairwell and a parking garage. She told police she fought with the attacker the entire time-- she says she was only let go when another person was spotted in the stairwell.

Police arrested Thomas Cummings, 22. He was carrying a military ID card. Cummings is charged with kidnapping-- a 3rd degree felony.

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I'd like to point out that predators typically go to the places where young people are at (like the Boy Scouts, Church Youth Groups, Ect.) , so it’s not the fault of any anime convention for attracting such people. All a convention can do is to have adequate security and to properly inform con goers what to do in such a situation.

Oh and FYI:
Felonies of the third degree -

(a) An individual adjudged guilty of a felony of the third degree shall be punished by imprisonment in the institutional division for any term of not more than 10 years or less than 2 years.

(b) In addition to imprisonment, an individual adjudged guilty of a felony of the third degree may be punished by a fine not to exceed $10,000.