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• Crosswalk safety a growing issue

• Local financial expert weighs-in on economic future of U.S.

• Galt church is vandalized: Cross, sign knocked down

• Kidnapping reported at Blue Shield; T-Mobile helps police find victim

• Regional Roundup

November 21st, 2009

• Logbook

• Holiday drive spreads cheer to U.S. troops

• Galt High students want board to approve open-campus policy

• Poisoning victims remain hospitalized

• Expert: Half a mushroom cap can be deadly

• Tokay grad files claim over Lodi's Grape Bowl

• Lodi Middle School holds annual Turkey Trot

• Regional Roundup

• No motive or suspect in shooting

• Sacramento cop arrested for alleged kidnapping

November 20th, 2009

• Acampo woman killed

• Salvation Army Kettle Kickoff

• Advocacy groups sue East Bay Municipal Utility District over Pardee expansion

• Regional Roundup

• Galt plans to help residents with energy-efficient projects

• Stable southeast of Lodi approved

• One year after a heart attack, Lodi's Judy Mims thanks rescuers

• National Guard troops return home in time for the holidays

• Real estate market gets on more solid ground

November 19th, 2009

• Operation: Christmas

• Logbook

• Suspect arrested after hiding in fridge

• Chase ends in crash

• Galt Joint Union High School Distric hires new superintendent

• Sales tax hike yields dividends: 5 new officers join Galt Police

• Lodi Unified School District board votes to cancel summer school for 2010

• Water surges in Mokelumne River yield more salmon

• Lodi City Council will consider redevelopment next June

• Lodi City Council plans to cap number of taco trucks at 22

• Corrections

November 18th, 2009

• Regional Roundup

• Paranormal group conducts second investigation of building

• Congress allocates money for local water projects

• Sarah Palin's book hits the shelves: Locals react

• Lodi man finds wife's ashes during police display of stolen property

• Galt City Council rejects study on rent stabilization

November 17th, 2009

• Paying tribute to a Lodian

• Lodi Budget and Finance Committee to look into ways to save money on employee benefits

• Regional Roundup

• Decision on summer school expected at tonight's Lodi Unified School District meeting

• Clements gets free water rescue boat

• Redevelopment to be discussed by Lodi City Council again

• Court reinstates death penalty for killer of Lodi grad

• Clarification

November 16th, 2009

• Correction

• Public Meetings

• City Council 'triple-dog dared' to ditch cars, use Lodi buses

• Sierra Adventure store to close after four years in Downtown Lodi

• Lodi's First Sip event showcases area wineries' latest vintages

• Three members of Lodi-area family fall ill after eating poisonous mushrooms they reportedly found at Lodi Lake

• Regional Roundup

November 14th, 2009

• Galt school district narrows superintendent search to one

• Regional Roundup

• Despite budget cuts, some Lodi Unified School District salaries continue to rise

• Watchful neighbor in Lodi helped bust suspected burglars

• New Galt city manager juggles job, family

• Despite an increase in homeless students, school districts look to bolster enrollment, raise revenue

• A first look at 2009 vintages at Lodi's First Sip wine-tasting event

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Kidnapping reported at Blue Shield; T-Mobile helps police find victim

Lodi police are looking for a man who reportedly punched, beat and kidnapped a woman Monday morning in the parking lot of Blue Shield, 129 N. Guild Ave.

Officers chased a car driven by someone believed to be James Douglas, 20, throughout Stockton, thanks to a GPS system and cooperation by T-Mobile, which kept police updated on the location of the woman's cell phone, Officer Dale Eubanks said.

Officers responded to a kidnapping call from a Blue Shield employee at 9:06 a.m. The woman, a fairly new Blue Shield employee, had screamed for help, Eubanks said, but the man had driven away in the woman's car with her head pushed down.

After getting the woman's cell phone number from Blue Shield representative, Eubanks tried phoning her to find out where she was, but all he could hear was heavy breathing.

Using a Web site called "phone finder," Eubanks discovered that T-Mobile was the woman's cell phone provider. Law enforcement associates at T-Mobile gave Eubanks the longitude and latitude of the cell phone, and therefore the car.

It turned out that the car was at Monte Diablo Avenue and Interstate 5 in Stockton by about 10 a.m., but the car was gone by the time officers got there, Eubanks said.

However, Eubanks then got updates from T-Mobile every five minutes, and a detective in another car plugged the coordinates into the GPS system.

By 12:50 p.m., T-Mobile led officers to an apartment complex at 6465 N. West Lane, south of Hammer Lane. Eubanks said he found her car, and a neighbor told him which apartment the woman could be found.

As it turned out, the man, a transient from Stockton, Tracy and Oakland, left on foot about 10 minutes before officers arrived at the woman's apartment, Eubanks said.

Eubanks said he will search for the man today after he watches video of the incident this morning at Blue Shield.

Contact reporter Ross Farrow at rossf@lodinews.com.