Video shows moment toddler abducted from Virginia mall (Fairfax County Police Department)
FAIRFAX, Va. - Virginia Governor Glenn Youngking shared on social media that "repeat offender" was released from a Fairfax County jail just three days before he was caught on camera attempting to abduct a three-year-old girl from a mall.
The backstory:
Fairfax County Police say the girl wandered away from an indoor play area just before 11:45 a.m. on July 18, when she was picked up by a man identified as 26-year-old Andres Caceres Jaldin.
The child’s parents found Jaldin on the second level of the mall and intervened, safely recovering their daughter.
The entire incident was caught on surveillance camera.
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Video: Surveillance captures toddler’s alleged abduction at mall
A surveillance video released by police shows the moment a toddler was allegedly abducted from Fair Oaks Shopping Center.
What they're saying:
Youngkin posted on social media that there "is a shocking and unforgivable pattern in Fairfax County of releasing criminals back onto Virginia’s streets."