Aussie Accused of Abducting NC Boy

(Greenville, North Carolina) A 31-year-old Australian woman, Tamara Broome, was jailed on June 25 for allegedly traveling from Australia to North Carolina to abduct a 17-year-old boy she met over the Internet.

Broome has been charged with abduction of a child.

The chief of detectives in the city of Greenville, Lee Moore, says the pair began a relationship while playing World of Warcraft.

"The best that we can discover is that they wanted to meet," he said.

"To be honest with you, if someone were to fly from here to Australia or them to here, there's got to be some kind of romance somewhere."

Detective Moore says the pair had been communicating for about a year.

"What we understand she was trying to do was to get him to leave the country and go to Australia to meet her," he said.

It's widely reported that some people believe Broome's arrest was a "set up" by the boy's parents.

Broome was booked into the Pitt County Detention Center on $2.4 million bail. A court appearance is scheduled for July 11th.

Tip: Barry


[Update 08/07/07]

Broome takes plea.