[KHTS] Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies are searching for an attempted kidnapping suspect who allegedly grabbed a 13-year-old girl while she was walking to school Tuesday morning in Valencia.
At approximately 7:50 a.m., the girl, identified as an eighth grader at Arroyo Seco Junior High, was walking to school and a man, described as a white male in his 50s, was walking on the other side of the street, said Shirley Miller, public information officer for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.
The man crossed the street and started asking the girl basic questions and made small talk, Miller said.
“She told him she didn’t have time to talk and started walking faster,” said Miller. “(The man) then grabbed her arm.”
The girl was able to break away, ran home and reported the situation to her mother, who then contacted the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, said Miller.
“We had deputies canvas the area looking for this individual, (however they were) unable to locate anyone,” Miller said, noting that deputies also searched parks and pulled up a list of registered sex offenders in the area, which both yielded negative results.
Miller described the man as 5’7”, 170 pounds, wearing a blue baseball cap and “was unshaven, or possibly had a goatee.” The victim also noted that the man also had a dark complexion.
Any witnesses to the incident are being asked to contact Sgt. Ron Price with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station Detectives Bureau at (661) 255-1121.
School resource deputies have also been notified, Miller said.
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60 Comments
Darbee Rayner Prieto
Thanks, scary!
Melonie Harbo
Susan Joy Hynes Holmberg, Sunny Ludlow
Jillian Garrett
Irene Carrillo
Sooooo scary!
Much different than we originally thought!
Ok the email makes sense now.
Eddie Moreno
Wtf? Sounds like a gardener from the HOA’s down the block
Short, 170, dark complexion
I actually saw Maddie walk all the way into the parking lot Tuesday morning cuz I had to turn left in front of her school headed back to canyon country
Let’s tell Maddie about this
I’m always watching!! Let’s keep in contact. Never enough eyes on our kids… Gonna put a baseball bat in my car.
WHAT in the WORLD is going on?!?!
Perv
This is super scary.
This is much more serious than we were led to believe in the email from Rhondi Durand.
Marci Rodriguez
Drew Vanacore
Jeffrey Paal this is scary
this is scary
This is very scary… Thank god the girl was able to get away!!!
Too close to home for me. I just had a talk with both girls!
Janessa Harris-Paal
Wesley Ward
Eeek!
What has this valley come to? Smh
What the world’s come to!!!I
We use to be sent to school, walking every morning and never a worry in the world
I used to ride my bike from 3rd grade til Jr year when I got my license. The only exception was rainy days
Jay Romick did you see this?
Anthony Velasquez and u say nothing bad happens there ?
Let’s be alert friends and neighbors and not be scared to be involved lets protect our kids and community
Smh Angel tonys school ugh
Wtf
My daughter is an 8th grader at Seco. So scary.
Norma Zepeda scary
I know! ? I was telling Albert about this. Now I’m really gonna worry while I’m at work.
I know very scary ?
LaShonne Fiala
Wow
Did this happen on Decoro?
Laura Gadomski-Cooper this must have been what you were telling me about.
Yup! Right down the road from me!!!
Maria Rosales
I know ? ugh why are things getting worse
Lorraine Bishop
Renee Celeste…did you see this?
Oh my gosh no!!
Joanna JoAnna Cheever Hunt
Susie Neri??
Wow scary
Do we know what street this happened on
Vista Delgado
Lovely
I hope everyone hear realizes that this exact same thing happens multiple times per year.
We definitely need to be vigilant!
Rosie Quiñonez Canthe
Kristina Dubberke scary glad you guys walk James to school
Colleen Sullivan Jimenez Denisse Coelho
So scary! Thanks for the alert!
The word, *attempted* is what truly matters. Let the authorities manage this matter from there. :)
Okay, cut his hands of, works for me as well, but know we have a great thing called law enforcement, and they often do one great job.