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On April 2nd, 2025, police are called to an elementary school in Centriia after a strange man tries posing as a student's father to sign him out. When officers confront him along with the child's parents, he refuses to cooperate, forcing police to step in and end his creepy behavior for good. >> It's my son that he's trying to get. >> Okay. >> Oh, is this a guy? Oh, I guess he's he said this claiming for a kid, but >> it's my kid. >> Okay. You have no You have no connection with this guy? >> No. Okay. >> I don't know who this guy is. >> How How does he know who your kid is? >> I have no idea. >> Okay. Well, he definitely didn't get it. That is what it >> guy's on drugs. Been trying to break into every single spot he can get and he's That's not your son. >> Not sir. I said it's not >> cuz it's my son. >> Yeah, it is. >> You don't need to know that. But it's mying son. >> And he's not going to come say that. He's going to take my son. I'm telling you what. >> No. >> He's not going to come up here and freak my son out or me and my wife. That is not his son. >> And I'm telling you that he don't come back out there. >> Paperwork against the staff for his sort of conduct for the cause issues he's causing here. >> Yes. >> Go and step out. Put your hands on your back. >> What's your name? >> Hands on your back. Folks, shut up, folks. >> Put your hands on your back. >> Just let him do Let him do what he going to do cuz it ain't going to be good for you. >> Put their hands behind my back, folks. >> All right. Trey 3231 in custody for me. >> I'll be grabbing all your stuff and going with you. >> And this ain't going on with me. No, take it to my house. >> All right. I'll be back to grab this stuff in you a second, sir. >> One out of 10 church. What you going for? Playing with me, right? Like how you just grab me, too. All right. Playing with me by my son. Huh? >> Right. >> Playing with me. >> Have a seat. >> After taking the suspect into custody, officers speak with school staff and witnesses to better understand the situation. >> He tried to get him earlier today. >> Okay. just a wrap around. >> So, I'm going ask if you guys can go to the police department and I'm going to get some paperwork filled out. I'm going to see if we can if the police attorney general actually go in attempted kidnapping and multiple attempts tried here. >> Okay. >> I would like to do the same for you as well since you were here at the school. >> Yes, I will. >> I'm going to grab his stuff out here. So, grab his stuff for him. >> I said, "Hey, I I apologize, man. I don't know what's >> Well, when I saw when I saw your uh saw him getting into your car over there over there, I thought this was an empty car. He was breaking into another vehicle." >> Yeah. >> Then I saw you. I was like, "Well, I'll just drive on, I guess." >> Nothing else. Nothing else I need from you. >> I don't know. Yeah. Right. You I stay right there on Third Street. That green and white 230 house and things right there on Third Street. I You was there talking to my wife and wife told me to come home and I just I just don't know what's all going on. >> I don't think we need anything else from you, though. Okay. >> Okay. Have a good day. >> Basically, what we're going to do is I'm going to get some from you guys about, you know, him doing this multiple times and you guys being the parents and uh I'm going to get from her about how he was acting, how she get the door and all that stuff. and call states attorney and try to we've been dealing with this all day just >> with this guy. >> Yeah. Just all different stuff and no one want >> got a call from the school. >> This probably our 15th or 20th call. >> I want him gone because now I don't feel like Ledger's safe. >> She got a call from the school today. I was at Lawrence today and I was headed home and she calls and says, "Don't freak out, but some guy was trying to get Ledger off the playground today and I was just, you know, then you go, what are they going to lay back out for recess?" Like, what if this guy comes back and obviously he had him picked out? >> I'm not sure. >> I couldn't tell you what gets into his head. >> This has been a a hell of a day just trying to find something to do where we can just move him along to the next inst. >> All right. So, >> well, we'll be done in just a little bit. I'm going to make sure that >> get your kid make sure he's calm and then come to the police department. >> Well, we're going to send him with his uncle. >> I got burgers. >> Let's go around to my car. What's up? What do you mean? You just hang out back for a little bit. >> Hang out back just for a sec. We'll bring you >> Where's my burger and drink? [laughter] >> Thank you. >> No problem. >> I lost it. I apologize. >> Oh, no. >> I'm still shaking. Like, you hear all this [ __ ] that you never think it happened to your kid. That was what was supposed to My uncle father is 6' three. >> I get it. >> Part Puerto Rican, part white, part black, nothing like that. >> I wouldn't think that there'd be any connection with him, but I have to I had to ask. >> Oh, I know. I have no clue who that guy is. >> Well, and honestly, we thought he wouldn't show back up. >> I don't even call if we even got a call for the first one. I'm not sure if they called and just talked to >> ask for a patrol. >> Okay. So, they they probably told the East Air officer. I'm just covering cuz she's on an accident right now. That's why I show up over here. Good. >> I know. >> At first, I thought he was going to be uh moving him along again. So, I was pissed off. I see you guys. I was running up. I'm like, there might be something more to this than him trying to open a door. >> You're trying to give him a >> No, he was trying Evidently was yelling at him trying to get him to come off the playground earlier today. >> Yeah. I'll see you guys here in a little bit. Okay. [music] Yo, scared thoughts. That was some [ __ ] Hey, y'all. I ain't even ask my baby mama with the baseball cap in there, did it? >> So, give us a little bit. Got to wait for another officer to get here so I can give him information. He can try to get some statements and then uh we'll get you up to the police department and we'll be doing whatever we can to get you into a safe home for tonight. Okay. I want to go to state bill. >> So, I got Bennett loaded up in my >> Would you want to transfer custody over him to you and get you loaded up at the to the police department or do you want to hang here and try to get a couple statements? >> You already am loaded. I can try and get statements. >> Okay. The only statement that we're needing to get here is from the actual staff because there's been two incidents here today. The first time he tried to lure this kid off the playground and this time he was banging. I need a full description of both. So, you might have to take multiple statements in for um I got the parents coming up to the PD. Um, they're going to fill out statements as well. And I'm going to call Hazpouth and see if with all that we have enough for attempted kidnapping or something. This has been >> if you want to keep on hand and try to make contact know that you're going to be estimated to get some statements. You might want to bring a cup. Like I said, there's two different in instance today that I would like to full statements on. Okay. I was just going to let you know. I'm going to go ahead and give him to the police department. Officer Leslie is hanging out here. So, don't know if you want him to hang in here, if you want to hang out his car, whichever is best. >> Either way is fine. He's welcome to come in. I just want to get the kids out the door. >> They're most important, but I just want to let not to look for me cuz I got >> You have him. Okay, that's fine. If he's out there, he's welcome to come in. >> Okay, I'll let him know. >> We'll be up there in a minute. >> All right, sounds good. >> Principal is going to be the one the paperwork in there. She said, "You're welcome to hang out here until she's done getting the kids out of the school or if you want to go on in there in about a few minutes and she'll have them." She was trying to get the kids moving. They're dismissing right now. So, I told her, I said, "That's fine." I just wanted to make sure she knew that. Look for you, not me. And said, "You want to hang out here? Can I go sit down in there on the one of the chairs?" >> Hey, so you was too aggressive. You know that, right? I didn't even do nothing. And I'm not sitting in that hole neither. that y'all going to have to kill me. Not get in that mother. But yeah though, you can take me home though. I don't trust nobody. Not even 5. Y some [ __ ] I thought y'all cool police too. I just want to go home. My son, he had the same haircut as me. They ask my baby mama with the baseball cap. She had left. That one girl that was at the uh at the mail room. That's Matty worms man. She was stalking me forever. I'm glad I finally broke up with her too. And soon we get to the police. I'm going to take off dipping. And guess what? This my initiation in the CPD, right? Don't tell nobody CPD. I tell them you smoke weed. 30 out. You ignoring me, right? All right, folks. I'll wait for you when we get here. I get in that hole. Y'all going to have to kill me, too. Fine. I see how everybody thought they were showing me love, watching me. [ __ ] like that. They hate me. They glad I get locked up. I got locked up every day. Let's holler and see if you guys were going to come over here. He's making comments. He's We're going to have to kill him if if we think that he's going to get in the cell. So, that's why I wanted extra people. I'm going to try to go for aggravated kidnap or attempted kidnapping. That's what I'm trying for. This is the second time he's been to that school trying to get this kid. >> All right, sir. Go ahead and step on out here. >> What's up, five? How you been? >> Over there. Following him. >> I haven't seen you in a bit. >> I see. Can you follow the guy in the red? >> Good to see you, bud. Haven't seen you in a bit. >> You been doing okay? >> Yes. Why? Every single time I try to Every single time I try to come home, y'all always do this to me. Hey, right in this room. All right, turn. I'm going to take these handcuffs off. Hey folk, I'm not going in that room. Y'all going to have to kill me, folk, >> what's that? >> I'm not going in that room. Y'all going to have to kill me. >> Put your hand up on that wall. >> Those shoes got some highlight. Huh? >> I like them black batters. Don't put your hands on the wall. Both hands on the wall. >> What's that tattoo? >> All right. You're going to have to take off your shoes. >> Have a seat. >> Yeah. IT'S ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, DUDE. You startled me at that shop. I got heart condition. Hey, pull these apart. >> Oh, come on. Five. >> Thank you, guys. Seems like comes to the hotel. You have to kill me if you think we're getting that sound. I'm like, >> I got a couple more people there. Make sure that >> sound actually startled me. >> Yeah, >> that's how many calls and what just a brief synopsis of what you guys have been on with him today. >> When you went to St. Mary's, I I tried to call Tim and he didn't answer. He's texting me now. You want to get him on the horn? >> I'm going to give him a call here in a second or if you want to give him a call. Um, but this is apparently the second time he's done this. The first time he's at the playground, he was trying to get the kid to come off the playground to him. >> The suspect was charged with attempted kidnapping and resisting arrest. Please leave a like if you enjoyed this video and be sure to subscribe for more body cam footage daily.

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