Docs: WA man tried to kidnap boy, claiming child was his

Marysville man tried to kidnap boy, claiming child was his

Marysville Police arrested a man accused of trying to grab a couple's child from their car, claiming the kid was his.

MARYSVILLE, Wash. - Marysville Police arrested a man accused of trying to grab a couple's child from their car, claiming the kid was his.

FOX 13 Seattle obtained the Snohomish County Superform that breaks down the incident. According to the documents, the 51-year-old suspect (who has not been officially charged) first acted friendly to the victims.

The documents said the suspect approached and asked, "How's it going?" and then waved to the boy inside the car.

Then the suspect snapped and started ranting that the boy inside the car was his son, as he tried to open the doors of the family's vehicle, according to the documents.

The suspect even attacked the family, pushing the boy's actual father, according to investigators.

The 51-year-old attacker tried to flee in his 2003 Toyota Sequoia.

The father stood in front of the suspect's car in an attempt to keep him from leaving, but the suspect sped off, and the father had to jump out of the way so he would not get hit, documents said.

Officers spotted the suspect's car heading northbound on State Ave and pulled him over in the Value Village parking lot.

The family identified the man as the suspect, and he was booked into Snohomish County Jail for second-degree kidnapping and fourth-degree assault.

Officials with the county say they have until Monday at 5 p.m. to file charges.