It was about 5:30ish and I received a text from Sydnee that read:
"An officer called me at work (SPORTS CLIPS) and said that I have a warrant out for my arrest, for not going to jury duty. Now I am on my way to pay my bail."
Immediately I tried calling her and she replied:
"I'm on the phone with the officer until I get there"
I freaked out and told Bryan and he went into our room and got his gun and said, "I am going towards her direction, call me and let me know where she is as I am driving."
Thank goodness I have all of my kids on "FIND MY FRIEND" so I checked her location and she was heading towards Purgatory. So I thought if she's going there I have a good friend who works right next door at the fair grounds I was going to call her and see if she was still at work and could go meet her. So I called Susi Lafaele and I asked her if she was still at work and she said that she was going into Hurricane. I asked her about the address that I was getting for Sydnee's location and if it was near purgatory. She said, "NO that is in Hurricane". She said she was on her way to the Hurricane City Council meeting and she was passing IHC and that was 1100 West state street and I was looking at Sydnee's location and it was 1235 W. State Street. So she pulled into a parking lot where she thought it might be the area and told me she didn't see her car. I told her I think she is parked by a bank and a building (Walgreen's). She maneuvered into the other parking lot and found her car, she wasn't in there, so Susi ran into the store, where she found her on the phone with the "officer" in the gift cards section. Susi came to her and told her "hang up the phone, its a scam and call your mom." Gave her a hug and went to her meeting. SUSI WAS AN ANGEL HERE ON EARTH at that moment when I needed someone to find my girl. THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER for placing people in my path at the right time. I couldn't have planned that scenario any more perfect!!!
I happened to call the NON emergency number to the police station and told them about it and they told me it is definitely a scam and all they want is the number off the gift card after they put the money on it and that's it. So it was a good thing Susi got there in time before Sydnee bought the gift card and put money on them. I am so grateful for the power of prayer and Heavenly Father sending SUSI's name to my head to call. I love Heavenly tender mercies. We love our baby and were so glad nothing happened to her. It's a hard lesson to learn that YOU CAN'T TRUST EVERYONE!! I kept picturing her scared to death and trusting that person on the other end of the phone!!!! She called me and just cried!! We cried together and I told her it's ok we just need to give thanks to Heavenly Father for protecting her and sending Susi.
