WASHINGTON — A 68-year-old man is facing kidnapping charges after he allegedly grabbed a young girl in Northeast D.C. Wednesday.
DC Police say the incident happened in the 1500 block of Benning Road Northeast, near Hechinger Mall.
Officers claim around 4 p.m., a man in a truck approached a girl and demanded she get into the vehicle. The girl refused. That's when police say the man got out of the truck and tried to grab the girl. The girl was able to get away, and the man, later identified as Reginald Battle, left in the truck.
Battle was arrested the following day. He has been charged with kidnapping, according to a release from DC Police.
Detectives are asking anyone who may have information about this incident should call police at 202-727-9099 or text the department's tip line at 50411.
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