BUFFALO, NY ( WKBW ) On Friday, Buffalo Police raided a house on 18 Thomas Street and arrested 26-year old Michael J. Abdallah. Police say Abdallah kept a 13-year old runaway locked in his house for six months from July 2009 through December 2009. According to police Abdallah had sex with her more than a hundred times and forced her to babysit his one-year old son.
Neighbors are in shock.
"I couldn't believe it, I still don't believe it. Like I said they said she was in there for six months, I find that hard to believe," said George Kimble.
Kimble has lived on Thomas Street for 20-years. He says Abdallah moved in to the house about a year ago. He would sometimes see Abdallah working on his house but he didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.
"I didn't see anything suspicious. If she was in there she could have yelled or screamed. He wasn't home for a lot of times that I know of and there are neighbors, kids played in the street, so she could have broken a window to get out if she was in there unless he had her shackled, that I don't know. So, I find it hard to believe," Kimble said.
Other residents like Joe Kronberg say the adults in the neighborhood always keep an eye out for the kids on their street.
"There are a lot of young kids around here and when I walk my dog in the morning during the summer, I watch 'em like a hawk to make sure no stupid idiot in a van is gonna grab 'em or something," said Kronberg.
Now many neighbors are furious something like this might have happened right under their noses.
"Get him out of our neighborhood, we don't need that kind around here," said Kronberg.
Abdallah has been charged with second degree rape, unlawful imprisonment, and custodial interference.
Stay tuned to Eyewitness News for further details.
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