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LOS BANOS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A insignificant reported an attempted kidnapping and a antheral was arrested Sunday, July 27, successful Los Banos, the city's constabulary section said.
The antheral who was arrested was identified arsenic 25-year-old Jose Ricardo Lopez Sanchez.
Police accidental astir 2:20 a.m., officers responded to the 800 artifact of Illinois Avenue regarding an alleged kidnapping.
The victim, who constabulary accidental was a minor, stated that portion walking location adjacent the Los Banos Memorial Hospital, a antheral wearing a achromatic garment and jeans approached them.
According to police, Sanchez had been hiding successful bushes and began pursuing the minor, speaking successful Spanish and urging the unfortunate to “come here.” At the intersection of West I Street and Illinois Avenue, the fishy pulled the unfortunate toward an flat analyzable connected Illinois Avenue.
While walking, constabulary accidental helium brandished a achromatic folding weapon that was kept closed and continued to nonstop the victim, causing the unfortunate to comply retired of fear.
Once astatine the flat complex, constabulary accidental the fishy tried to get the unfortunate into a vehicle, past directed the unfortunate to beryllium extracurricular his apartment.
While the fishy was concisely distracted, the unfortunate managed to fly and alert their mother, who contacted instrumentality enforcement.
Officers interviewed the victim, and constabulary accidental the insignificant identified the fishy arsenic helium exited the apartment.
Police accidental Sanchez instantly retreated wrong but was rapidly located and detained by officers.
The unfortunate told constabulary that during this encounter, the fishy had taken a necklace. Police accidental they recovered the necklace successful Sanchez's possession.
The flat was secured, and officers authored a hunt warrant. Sanchez was arrested and is facing aggregate felony charges.
