15YO Arrested In Kidnap Try

Nicole and Michael Wright hold their 22-month-old son, Owen, who was the victim of an attempted abduction from Sprague City Park on Sunday. The screams of Owen’s sister Delicia, 8, and brother Brenden, 10, alerted a pair of teenage boys who gave pursuit. (SR photo: Dan Pelle)

Authorities arrested a 15-year-old suspect on Wednesday in connection with the attempted toddler abduction at the town’s park that made national headlines. Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers said investigators were able to identify the teen once video surveillance footage from Sunday’s incident showing the suspect running down the sidewalk with the boy, 22-month-old Owen Wright, in his arms was enhanced. Deputies conducted surveillance on the teen and served a search warrant on his home Wednesday. “Good Morning America,” the “CBS Evening News” and other national media outlets have broadcast the surveillance footage, which also shows the toddler’s brother and sister chasing the kidnapper. Authorities credit Owen’s siblings, as well as two Sprague teenagers who later joined the chase, for stopping the abduction/ Jonathan Brunt & Nina Culver , SR. More here.

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