CPD search for man who tried to kidnap 15-year-old girl at bus stop
A woman nearby intervened and told the man to leave the girl alone.
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A woman nearby intervened and told the man to leave the girl alone.
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The students, between eight and 15, were getting ready to start the school day when dozens of men on motorcycles rode into the schoolyard and seized them.
A CPS spokesperson said Christopher McFarland is suspended without pay, pending a dismissal proceeding on unrelated incidents.
She escaped by running around him to a crowd of parents at a nearby elementary school. The offender attempted to run after her before leaving the area.
The 18-year-old was arrested by members of the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force on Friday, in the 8400 block of South Racine Avenue.
The crimes ranged from sexual assault to kidnapping and armed robbery. There were a total of five victims, while the only suspect is dead. CBS 2's Darius Johnson reports.
There were a total of five victims during the alleged crime spree early Friday morning.
A suspect went on a spree of armed robbery, sexual assault, and kidnapping on Chicago's South Loop before dying in a car crash early Friday morning.
A suspect went on a spree of armed robbery, sexual assault, and kidnapping on Chicago's South Loop before dying in a car crash early Friday morning.
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Police are trying to find the other two attackers.
Police said Raymond Marshall was one of three people who placed restraints on the 35-year-old victim, hit him in the head and face, and then tried to force him into a car.
A police officer was seen carrying a child wrapped in a blanket away from the scene where the suspect was arrested.
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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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.
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