BRAWLEY --- Police assure there is nothing to indicate that Wednesday's attempted kidnapping of a 9-year-old girl was related to a similar incident that occurred last week.
Police arrested a suspect, identified as 46-year-old Emilio Mario Rivas, on suspicion of trying to grab the girl who was walking home from school in the 1000 block of I Street, a press statement reported.
A man was arrested Feb. 10 on suspicion of trying to kidnap, and sexually assault, a 13-year-old boy.
The girl and the friend she was walking with ran away from the suspect who was standing by a vehicle and went home. A father to one of the girls returned to the area where the3:20 p.m. incident occurred and managed to find the suspect, police reported. A fight broke out between the two men but the suspect fled before police arrived.
Officers learned that Rivas allegedly fled the area in a taxi cab and managed to locate him at Brawley Avenue and I Street by contacting all local cab companies, police reported. Rivas was positively identified and later booked into the county jail.
Anyone with any information about the incident or any unreported incidents can call the Brawley Police Department at 760-351-7777.
