11-year-old selling lemonade breaks free from accused kidnapper, Washington cops say
An 11-year-old selling lemonade escaped from a stranger trying to kidnap them in Washington, police said.
The child had set up a lemonade stand outside their apartment Tuesday, May 23, the Vancouver Police Department said in a news release.
At about 7 p.m., a 35-year-old man walked up to the child’s stand and started talking to them, police said. He then tried to pick up the child, according to police.
The child struggled out of the man’s grasp and ran off, police said.
Police found the man nearby and arrested him on an attempted kidnapping charge.
Vancouver is about 10 miles north of Portland, Oregon.
This story was originally published May 25, 2023 at 11:15 AM with the headline "11-year-old selling lemonade breaks free from accused kidnapper, Washington cops say."
