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I thought to myself, oh, shit. I know he's armed and dangerous. I cannot let him get away.

And so I circled back around to the vehicle he was by. And he was trying to get something out of like the right passenger side of the vehicle.

I don't quite remember what happened after that, but the next thing I remember was CNM standing next to his vehicle.

Me putting my vehicle into reverse again. I don't know how I got positioned that way. And I kind of thwarted forward,

which pinned him between my vehicle and his vehicle. And it ended up setting off the airbags of the vehicle he was in.

So I knew at that point, okay, he's not driving away. I need to get out of here before he kills me.

He's at least going to have to flee on foot. It should be easier for law enforcement to find him that way.

I'm Jamie BB and I'm Jake Debtula on today's episode of Strictly Stock and we're speaking with Melanie,

who met her stalker while online dating when they met he told her he had a criminal past. So she decided they should just remain friends and not get involved

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