Woman who allegedly tried to kidnap 7-year-old girl from Portland playground arrested

A woman who attempted to kidnap a young girl from her father last month, has turned herself in to detectives, Portland police announced Thursday. On the evening of October 12, officers responded to a report of “a woman in crisis” at Couch Park in Downtown Portland. Officers say they learned a woman, who was running around the playground with just a T-shirt on, grabbed a 7-year-old child and made it five steps before her father intervened. Authorities say the child was scared, but not physically hurt.

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A woman who attempted to kidnap a young girl from her father last month, has turned herself in to detectives, Portland police announced Thursday. On the evening of October 12, officers responded to a report of “a woman in crisis” at Couch Park in Downtown Portland. Officers say they learned a woman, who was running around the playground with just a T-shirt on, grabbed a 7-year-old child and made it five steps before her father intervened. Authorities say the child was scared, but not physically hurt.

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