The Orange County Criminal Lawyer Blog
A man in Northeastern Colorado was jailed after he was accused of making two attempts to abduct an 8-year-old girl who was shopping with her grandmother at a grocery store.
On the morning of June 21, a woman and her young granddaughter were shopping together in a Safeway grocery store in Littleton. According to reports, their visit to the market took a frightening turn while they were picking out produce. A man reportedly walked up to them and asked the grandma if she would let him “borrow” her 8-year-old granddaughter. With his hands on the girl’s shoulders, he allegedly tried to force the child to walk away with him. The woman began to scream, and the youngster went back to her grandmother as the man ran out of the store.
Employees became aware of the alleged attempted kidnapping. The same man allegedly came back a few moments later, and when he approached the woman and her granddaughter a second time, the workers ran after him and made him leave. The authorities were notified, and deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office headed to the location to investigate. According to reports, when they talked to the youngster’s grandmother, she told them what happened and added that she had never seen or had any prior contact with the man.
They went looking for him, and after a short search, the deputies found the suspect driving on a nearby highway. The 34-year-old man was pulled over and taken into custody. He was booked into the Jefferson County Detention Center on suspicion of second-degree kidnapping of a minor, and he is being held in lieu of a $75,000 cash bond.
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