MAN WANTED FOR TRYING TO KIDNAP BOY FROM NORTH HOLLYWOOD SCHOOL
Los Angeles Daily News
Feb 5 2008
CA
NORTH HOLLYWOOD — Police are seeking the public’s help to identify
a man who tried to kidnap a boy from a local elementary school by
posing as the child’s father.
The attempted abduction took place at Saticoy Elementary School on
Jan. 17 about 2:05 p.m., police said.
The man initially claimed to be the father of a 5-year-old student
and said he was there to pick the boy up from class.
Once at the classroom, he told the boy in Armenian that he was a
friend of the boy’s father, and told a teacher in English that he
was in fact the boy’s dad. The teacher told him to wait because the
boy needed to finish some school work. The man left when the boy’s
grandmother showed up.
The family did not send anyone to pick up the child and didn’t
recognize a composite sketch of the suspect, who’s described as an
Armenian, 35-40 years old, about 6 feet tall with a husky build. He
has brown eyes and short black hair with gray in the temples and
thinning in the back. He was seen driving a black Mercedes Benz.
Anyone with information is asked to call LAPD detectives at (818)
623-4075. After business hours and on weekends, call tollfree (877)
529-3855.
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