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17-year-old charged in connection with attempted abduction of a 5-year-old in Detroit

Part of the attempted abduction was caught on a nearby store's surveillance camera. The girl and her 11-year-old sister were outside playing when a man, who had been walking across the street, suddenly crossed the street and headed for the girls.
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DETROIT (WXYZ) — On Monday 7 Action News showed you the shocking video of a man allegedly trying to kidnap a little girl.


Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has now charged Fernando San-Miguel, 17, of Detroit, for the crime.

It happened on Feb. 24 at approximately 3:20 p.m.

The 5-year-old girl and her 11-year-old sister were in their backyard in the 1100 block of Wheelock in Detroit. A surveillance camera at a nearby business showed that when the 11-year-old girl went to retrieve a ball from the front yard, a man followed her.

The 11-year-old girl told her dad the man grabbed her 5-year-old sister and tried to pull her over a back fence into a neighbor’s yard .

San-Miguel has been charged with one count of kidnapping, child enticement. His bond was set at $500,000 cash.

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