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   From: goobers@abc.com   
      
   An 80-year-old Indiana man was arrested for punching a police   
   officer who stopped him from accosting former kidnapping victim   
   Elizabeth Smart with a knife.   
      
   Claude Hudson was seated in the front row of the Elizabeth Smart   
   Speaker Series at Indiana State University on Monday. Smart was   
   speaking about overcoming adversity when he was spotted fiddling   
   with a 3-inch pocket knife and “just acting peculiar,” ISU   
   Police Chief Joseph Newport said.   
      
   The 80-year-old suspect then concealed the knife and began   
   making his way past a line of 100 people or so, all waiting to   
   meet Smart. When an officer stepped in, Hudson hit him twice in   
   the gut, Newport said.   
      
   The Terre Haute native on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to a   
   battery charge. The judge ordered a mental health evaluation set   
   his bond at $25,000. He is currently on parole for a burglary   
   conviction.   
      
   Authorities told CBS News he has a history of arrests in   
   California, Illinois, Missouri, Nevada, and Tennessee. He was   
   convicted for attempted murder in 1991 for a case in Nevada,   
   according criminal records cited by the news station.   
      
   Investigators have not discovered a connection between Hudson   
   and Smart, though they did note he is frequently at the   
   university.   
      
   Smart issued a statement through her representative on Thursday   
   saying she is “grateful for law enforcement and Indiana State   
   University’s quick response and that the event and her work   
   continued undeterred.”   
      
   Smart made national headlines in 2002 after she was taken from   
   her bedroom in Salt Lake City and held captive for nine months.   
   The 29-year-old has since become an American child safety   
   activist and contributor for ABC News.   
      
   http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/indiana-80-year-old-   
   arrested-approaching-elizabeth-smart-article-1.2962750   
      
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