With the start of the new college semester comes a return to crime against college students. Here are some things you want to keep in mind when sending your child to or back to college.

Crime can happen at any time, this includes daylight hours. A false sense of security can lead to heart break fast.

Last week at around dinner time (daylight), an Elgin community college student was attacked in the school parking lot while walking to her car.

The scumbag walked up and never said a word. He just started punching her in the face and then he tried to drag her off by her hair to his car.

At this point she is in big trouble because if he gets her to his car, odds are good she will never be found alive again. This animal was obviously very violent and I can only imagine what he had in mind for her.

Before he can get her all the way to his car someone saw what was going on and started yelling so he let her go and took off.

Im glad to say this scumbag didn’t get to finish playing out his sick little plan on this young girl but he did get away.

This happens far too often, women need to take a different stance with strange guys. They need to view them as potential attackers first, especially when alone.

But if you just travel using the buddy system even during the day you can lower your chances of attack.

Also this girl saw the scumbag BEFORE he approached her. Being alone in a parking lot she should have turned around immediately when she saw this lowlife lurking around.

After she turned around she should have picked up the pace and if he was following her she could then scream and run. Also ALWAYS have your keys in your hand when in a parking lot alone if you choose not to use the buddy system!

The key to avoiding an attack is to never let them get close enough to put their hands on you. Trust your gut feelings, if something feels wrong, like a guy hanging out in a parking lot, then it probably is wrong.

This goes for during daylight hours!

You can’t always see trouble coming but when approached alone in a parking lot go into defensive mode. Keep him at least 6-8 feet away from you. Tell him to stay back.

He has no reason to come right up in your face unless he is up to something but don’t wait until he attacks to react. If he continues to come at you after you said to stay back then…strike!

Start screaming,you should have your keys in your hand so put them between your fingers and make a fist with the keys sticking out and go for the eyes!

If you were smart enough to get a pepper spray and/or stun gun ..USE THEM! As far as I am concerned you should empty the whole can of pepper spray in his face or run the battery out on your stun gun nailing this scumbag so he never forgets the mistake he made in attacking you!

Let him know you aren’t going down without a fight! Sexual predators look for weak, easy targets.They don’t want a fight, they want to dominate and hurt not be hurt. They are the purest form of coward out there like all men who hit women.

It is a shame that women have to worry about even the simple act of walking to their car in a parking lot but you do. Stay aware of your surroundings! The more aware and prepared you are the less appealing a target you will become.

Stay safe and keep your eyes open!

The Judge

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