Doyle Tipton is accused of picking up the 10-year-old in a car and trying to sexually assault her.
The girl got out of the vehicle and ran to a nearby fire station for help.
Tipton is registered as a “low risk” sex offender on Texas DPS’ sex offender registry website. Records show he reports annually and last reported in November.
It appears Tipton was not living at the home he reported to state registry officials. Instead, he was living in an apartment complex near parks and schools and just blocks away from where he allegedly kidnapped a 10-year-old girl.
Arturo Cortez had no idea his neighbor was a registered sex offender since 2011 and is now accused of kidnapping a young girl last week.
“None. Honestly, I mean, he knows my kids. I got three boys and, no. I just told my wife, and she’s probably more shocked than me,” he said.
The Mesquite Police Department says the 10-year-old girl ran away from home. The girl was walking near Gross Road and Ridgeview Street around midnight.
Mesquite police say they were alerted about an incident involving a young girl who had run away on June 6.
“And while she was out walking, she was picked up by a suspect in a red van,” said Mesquite Police Officer Jolyn Lopez.
The girl was trying to go back to her home in Mesquite. Tipton offered to take her there.
“She found out that the guy was not following her instructions, and he continued on into Dallas,” Lopez said.
Police say Tipton touched her inappropriately, which resulted in a struggle. Tipton stopped the van on I-20 in Dallas, where the girl was able to get away and ran on foot.
Dallas police found the girl and took her to Fire Station No. 40 to get checked out.
“Obviously, this is traumatic,” Lopez said. “We’re glad that she has been returned to her parents.”
Mesquite police say they were alerted about an incident involving a young girl who had run away on June 6.
“And while she was out walking, she was picked up by a suspect in a red van,” said Mesquite Police Officer Jolyn Lopez.
The girl was trying to go back to her home in Mesquite. Tipton offered to take her there.
“She found out that the guy was not following her instructions, and he continued on into Dallas,” Lopez said.
Police say Tipton touched her inappropriately, which resulted in a struggle.
Tipton stopped the van on I-20 in Dallas, where the girl was able to get away and ran on foot.
Dallas police found the girl and took her to Fire Station No. 40 to get checked out.
“Obviously, this is traumatic,” Lopez said. “We’re glad that she has been returned to her parents.”
