
Police search for man who tried to kidnap children in Bridgeport
A witness intervened, and the man left in a gray four-door sedan, police said.
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A witness intervened, and the man left in a gray four-door sedan, police said.
Melvin Jordan, of Chicago, was arrested after he held his two victims inside a basement of a home, police said.
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Monica De Leon Barba was kidnapped last November while walking her dog in Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico.
Antonio Monroe, 44, is a registered sex offender, and also is being investigated in connection with the death of a woman in Schaumburg.
Police say officers responded at 12:07 p.m. when a 6-year-old girl came home and told her mom that a man had taken her 10-year-old sister.
In two separte incidents, a man and a woman approached the victims and started a conversation before demanding money and jewelry.
James Saye, of Chicago, is accused of attempting to force a woman walking near the university into his car, then fleeing police.
A man appeared from the woods and held the 8-year-old girl's mouth shut. Her brother saw it and acted quickly.
The victims were beaten and tortured at a different site before being returned to the dealership several hours later, police said.
The victim told a store cashier a male suspect was not letting her go. She also had obvious injuries.
Bond was set at $750,000 Thursday for a Glenview man accused of attempting to kidnap a girl who had just gotten off a school bus this week.
A 15-year-old boy is charged with robbing a man at gunpoint before taking his car in the Chatham neighborhood last month.
A car was stolen with a child inside in the Englewood neighborhood Thursday morning. Chicago police said a 52-year-old man left his Toyota Camry running with a 6-year-old inside at a gas station in the 6600 block of South Wentworth Avenue, just before 8 a.m.
A man is facing kidnapping charges after driving three minors from Ohio to Beach Park over the weekend.
Police said the suspect attempted to lure a 15-year-old girl who fled to a local business for shelter and called police.
Pherris Harrington, 26, has been charged with kidnapping, vehicular hijacking along with five other counts. He will appear in bond court Tuesday.
Pherris Harrington, 26, has been charged with kidnapping, vehicular hijacking along with five other counts.
In each of the attacks, two to three robbers have come up to the victims from behind, taken out a handgun, and forced them into a waiting car.
Chicago police are looking for a man who attempted to kidnap an 11-year-old boy in the Portage Park neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.
Police are looking for the suspect who attempted to kidnap a 10-year-old girl in the Grand Crossing neighborhood last week.
The man allegedly offered $150 for the girl before attempting to take her by grabbing her hair.
Chicago police are looking for a man who attempted to kidnap a 5-year-old girl in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood Thursday morning.
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The offender "forcibly shoved" the victim into the back seat of a white SUV.
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