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The victim credited her quick-thinking and defensive tactics to watching the television show Law & Order: SVU , prompting a response from actress Mariska Hargitay.

Sheriff Simmons described Stanga as having an "extensive" criminal history, including previous offenses involving children. Paul Stanga

The victim had been playing with blue slime, and some of it was left on Stanga during the struggle, according to Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons. The victim credited her quick-thinking and defensive tactics

Stanga allegedly wielded a knife and attempted to drag the girl into his vehicle, but she fought back, causing him to trip and flee. but she fought back