An Amelia man is accused of kidnapping a minor after he tried to take a 5-year-old and a 7-year-old from a park in Mason County.
Other charges against Dustin Spaulding, 36, include escape, assault on a police officer or probation officer, and criminal mischief, the criminal complaint says.
According to court documents, police received a call that a male attempted to take a 7-year-old away from his mother at Rotary Park Playground in Maysville on Sept. 16 around 8 p.m.
Randi and Christie Dixon say they were at the park with their son when he heard a commotion.
“The little girl was screaming and I didn’t know what was going on,” Randi said.
8:25 p.m., a male tried to kidnap a 5-year-old girl from the same park on the same day, records say.
“When the guy couldn’t wrestle the little girl from her mother, he came straight for my grandson and tried to pull him away from Randy and Christie,” said Tammy Warner, grandmother of the would-be victim.
“I had ahold of my son’s hand and he tried to pull him. We were playing tug-of-war,” Christie said.
Police say the mother of the 5-year-old girl ran to a nearby gas station and called for an officer.
“While waiting for the police to arrive the male came to the Valero and came inside,” the criminal complaint says
Two officers with the Maysville Police Department arrived and arrested the suspect.
One of the officers was trying to get the male into a police cruiser and attempt to read him his Miranda rights when the suspect took off, the criminal complaint says.
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