Attempted kidnap at Saticoy Elementary School
Police released a sketch of a man they say tried to kidnap a boy from a Saticoy Elementary School about 2 p.m. on Jan. 17 by posing as the child's father. The man 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 his father's, and told the teacher in English that he was in fact the boy's father. 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.
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