ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. — The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect wanted in an attempted kidnapping of a 9-year-old boy Saturday night.
According to the sheriff's office, the incident occurred around 9:45 p.m. at the Ascent Apartments at 8400 E. Yale Avenue.
“That young man said that a black SUV, he didn't know what type it was, stopped. The male got out of the rear [door on driver's side] with a wooden baseball bat and told the kid to get in the car,” said Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office Deputy John Bartmann.
At that point, Deputy Bartmann said the boy ran inside screaming for his mom.
The suspect is described as a heavy-set male who is around 5’11” tall.
The sheriff’s office said he was wearing orange shoes, black pants, a hoodie with Mickey Mouse on it, and curly hair coming out the eye holes of a black ski mask.
The suspect vehicle is a black SUV with a black Colorado license plate. The word "watermelon" in pink is on the rear of the vehicle, and Toy Story characters Woody and Slinky Dog are under the right taillight.
Anyone with information on this case is being asked to call the sheriff’s office at 303-795-4711.
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