LAFAYETTE — A middle-school scholar was capable of break away from a person who grabbed her after she was dropped off at college Friday in what authorities known as an tried kidnapping.
Lafayette law enforcement officials responded to Stanley Center College on College Avenue about 8 a.m. and realized that a man had approached the 14-year-old woman on Monroe Avenue close to the varsity, in line with a press release from Contra Costa Sheriff’s Workplace spokesman Jimmy Lee. The woman had simply been dropped off by her father or mother, Lee stated.
The person requested the woman if she was alone, then grabbed her by her shoulder, Lee stated. He saved a agency grasp on her as she tried to interrupt free, one thing that Lee stated she was lastly capable of do anyway. She then ran away and advised faculty officers what occurred.
They contacted regulation enforcement. The woman was not bodily injured, Lee stated.
Authorities described the suspect as 5 ft 8 or 5 ft 9 inches tall and heavyset. They stated he's roughly 40 years outdated with stubble for facial hair. He was carrying a grey-hooded sweatshirt with a white shirt beneath and dark-colored pants.
After the tried kidnapping, the person drove away in what authorities described as a white four-door sedan with inventory wheels and dust spray on the driving force’s facet.
The college is in a closely residential space, and police requested residents within the space to examine any house safety video they might should see if it captured the suspect or the automobile.
Police requested anybody with info to contact 925-646-2441.