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Monrovia Weekly Aug 23, 2012
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Two recent attempts to kidnap teen girls have enough similarities that San Dimas Sheriff’s Station investigators believe they may involve the same suspect and are seeking the public’s help in providing any information that could possibly help identify the suspect. In both cases:
Both locations were residential neighborhoods within a mile of each other in Azuza (unincorporated community).
The victims were both Hispanic teen girls (aged 14, 16).
The suspect was described as a Hispanic man, 20’s-30’s with similar body type and facial features. One said he had long hair, the second incident was short hair. (see LASD artist sketches).
The suspect’s truck was described as a small white 2-door pickup truck (one said possibly a Nissan Frontier and ther other said it had a black box in the back).
One happened at 1:00PM (on a Thursday) and the other at 2:20PM (on a Saturday).
In each case the suspect allegedly drove up alongside in the pickup truck and attempted to grab the victim.
Below are more details about each of the two cases:
A 14-year old Hispanic girl was walking in a residential community on Thursday, 08/16/2012 at 1:00PM.
When she walked near Orange Crest Avenue, north of Citrus Edge Street, Azusa (unincorporated area), she saw a man in his mid-30’s driving a small white 2-door Nissan pickup truck (possibly a Nissan Frontier) pull up next to her.
The suspect reached out from his truck and attempted to grab the victim. She managed to escape the suspect’s grasp and ran away. The suspect then drove away and was last seen driving westbound on Citrus Edge Street from Orangecrest Avenue.
Suspect description:
Male Hispanic, mid-30’s, short dark hair
Suspect vehicle: Small white 2-door Nissan pickup truck (possibly a Nissan Frontier)
If you have any information related to these cases, contact Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, San Dimas Station Detectives Tim Ruggiero or Alan Wetters at (909) 450-2700. Or if you wish to remain Anonymous, call “LA Crime Stoppers” by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477), texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.
