Crime & Safety
Report Of Attempted Kidnapping Investigated In Concord: Police
Detectives were investigating suspicious circumstances involving a man who reportedly grabbed a girl's arm.
CONCORD, CA — The Concord Police Department is investigating a report of a man grabbing a girl as she walked to school in Concord.
It happened around 7:10 a.m. Wednesday, April 24 in a residential area at Nuala Street and Dartmouth Way. The girl reported that as she walked to school that morning, a man grabbed her arm while he tried to open the door to a parked car.
She fought the man off and notified staff at her school and the police. She was not hurt in the incident, police said.
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The girl described the suspect as a 50-year-old shorter white man with a bald head and a heavy build. He was associated with a small black sedan.
Detectives from the Concord Police Department Special Victims Unit were actively working the case, canvassing the neighborhood and reviewing video surveillance, police said Thursday on social media.
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Police asked anyone with information pertinent to the investigation to contact Detective Stephanie Wilkens at 925-603-5858.
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