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A California grandfather enjoying the duck pond at a park with his two grandchildren won a “tug of war” between an apparently sober stranger who tried to run off with his three-year-old granddaughter, whom the accused addressed by a different name.
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Auburn, Calif., locals are disturbed by the news that a park they frequent was the scene of an attempted kidnapping and that the person responsible was a complete stranger, whom police say was sober and not believed to be suffering from mental health issues.
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Lindsey Frasher, 28, was arrested, police say, after she “approached one of the children, called her by a different name and tried to take her.”
“Ms. Frasher approached one of the children, called her by a different name and tried to take her,” Auburn Police Department Sgt. Gary Hopping said in a statement.
Hopping described the ensuing struggle between Frasher and the grandfather as a “tug of war over the little girl.”
The grandfather won and successfully kept Frasher from running away until police arrived on the scene.
The incident occurred at Ashford Park.
KXTL spoke with Cheyanne Martinez, a mother who is disturbed by the news.
“Just even letting them run off far enough to where I can’t get to them fast enough makes me nervous,” she said.
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Currently, Frasher is being held at the Placer County Jail in lieu of $420,000 bail.
She has been charged with kidnapping.
“If you take somebody and move them — no matter how slight — it is kidnapping,” Sgt. Hopping explained.
Disturbingly, a former high school classmate speaking to KXTL said that she was not surprised.
The former classmate, who did not wish to be identified, said she hopes Frasher will get counseling.
