Long arm of KOB
By BroadCasting & Cable Staff -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/3/2003 1:10:00 PM
KOB-TV Albuquerque, N.M., reporter Neil Simon helped police to capture a Lebanon, Tenn., woman accused of the statutory rape and abduction of a 14-year-old boy she'd home-schooled. She was apprehended after she turned up in New Mexico as the beneficiary of a local charity.
The station had only done one short voice-over saying that the woman and the boy were believed to be in the area, but a call came in Dec. 29 from a local charity that was helping to house a woman in a local hotel while her car was being repaired.
After seeing the story on TV, the charity's staff believed her to be fugitive Cynthia Guthrie, a suspicion that appeared confirmed when she registered under that name. Guthrie had told the charity she was traveling with her son, visiting relatives in the area, when her car broke down. They contacted KOB-TV, telling Simon they had told police, who had given the call low priority. Simon called Tennessee police, who contacted New Mexico authorities themselves and set the arrest in motion.
"It was definitely awkward," said Simon, who joined the station late last year. "Usually, you're not the one calling the police." The police, he said, explained that they were busy with emergencies, but told him to keep an eye on her and "if she leaves, to follow her." Simon stayed and got exclusive footage of the woman's capture at the motel.
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