AR - Timothy Caudle charged with trying to abduct 2-year old girl from Walmart - January 30, 2024

[Clearsky]

Man arrested in Sherwood after attempting to take 2-year-old girl, police say | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

A man was arrested in Sherwood Monday after police were told he was attempting to take a girl from her mother, the police department said.

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A man was arrested in Sherwood Monday after police were told he was attempting to take a girl from her mother, the police department said.

 

[borndem]

Whew, what a scare. At least he has been caught.

 

[tlcya]

An Arkansas man has been arrested for allegedly trying to kidnap a 2-year-old girl from her mother’s truck parked outside a Walmart, where police said he hid under a pile of clothes.

The victim told the police she discovered a stranger, later identified as Timothy Caudle, 58, in her truck after she returned from a shopping trip and placed her tot in the backseat around 7 p.m. Monday.
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The mother grabbed the youngster from the truck, but Caudle allegedly refused to let go of the girl right away, leading to a physical struggle. In the end, the woman got the upper hand and was able to pull the tot from the suspect’s clutches to safety.
Would-be kidnapper accused of trying to snatch tot by hiding in mom’s truck outside Walmart: cops

Caudle is charged with breaking and entering, false imprisonment in the first degree, endangering the welfare of a minor in the first degree, assault in the third degree, public intoxication, and obstructing government operations, court documents confirm.
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Court records state Caudle was arraigned Tuesday via video conference where the judge set his bond at $5,000.
Arkansas mom fights off man who she says was hiding in her truck

 

[borndem]

The mother's instinct, coupled probably with the strength she did not know she had, fought successfully for her child.
What a nightmare, but with a good ending. Whew!
So glad the kidnapper was caught.

 

[tlcya]

so weird to me. I don't think kidnapping a toddler was the goal. There are easier ways to snatch a toddler from a mom than to hid yourself under some blankets in her floorboard and then try to snatch the child after they've been placed in the car.

I am not sure what he intended when he got in the car and hid but am sure it was something not good. I wonder if he hoped to hitch a ride home with the mother and toddler and then once there harm or attack or rob mom.