13-year-old connected to multiple attempted abductions in Florida, police say

NEWS. TSUJI. THANK YOU. BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE CONTINUES NOW ON THE TREASURE COAST WITH THE ARREST OF A SUSPECT IN SOME RECENT FRIGHTENING CRIMES COUPLED WITH A SHOCKING REVELATION, THE SHERIFF JUST REVEALING THE SUSPECT IN TWO ATTEMPTED ABDUCTIONS IN THE POINT WEST COMMUNITY IN VERO BEACH IS JUST 13 YEARS OLD. TREASURE COAST BUREAU REPORTER STEVE KING IS LIVE FOR US AT THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, WHERE A NEWS CONFERENCE WAS JUST HELD. STEVE. WELL, FELICIA TODD, RIGHT NOW, THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THEY HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CHARGE THE SUSPECT IN ONE OF THOSE ATTEMPTED KIDNAPINGS. THEY SAY THE SUSPECT IS A 13 YEAR OLD BOY WHO ALSO LIVES HERE IN THE POINT WEST COMMUNITY. NOW, INVESTIGATORS SAY DURING INTERVIEWS, THAT BOY TOLD DETECTIVES THAT HE FELT LIKE HE WAS IN A DREAM LIKE STATE AND HE WAS WATCHING HIMSELF FROM ABOVE WHILE THIS WAS HAPPENING AND HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT HE WAS DOING. HE ALSO ADMITTED THAT HE HAD A KNIFE DURING THE ATTEMPTED KIDNAPING ON JULY 7TH, THAT HE’S BEING CHARGED FOR AT THIS POINT. DETECTIVES, AGAIN, THEY SAY THERE’S ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CHARGE HIM FOR THAT ONE KIDNAPING, BUT NOT THE ONE THAT HAPPENED ON JULY SECOND. NOW, THERE ARE LOTS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CAME TO THE NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY LISTENING TO THE SHERIFF HEAR SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF WHAT DETECTIVES SAY IS THAT 13 YEAR OLD SUSPECT, YOU CAN SEE HIM WEARING A MASK AND ADJUSTING A HOODIE AROUND HIS HEAD, INVESTIGATORS SAY. ALSO IN LATE JUNE, HE APPROACHED A WOMAN WHO BECAME FRIGHTENED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SHE RAN BACK INTO HER HOUSE BEFORE HE STARTED BANGING ON THE DOOR. HE POSTED THE VIDEO. ONCE WE POSTED IT, THAT’S WHEN WE HAD A THIRD PERSON WHO CAME FORWARD AND IDENTIFIED THAT HE HAD COME UP TO HER, HAD APPROACHED HER. SHE FELT SCARED. SHE WENT IN THE HOUSE AND BANGED ON THE DOOR. SHE HAD NEVER REPORTED THAT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT PRIOR TO THIS. TO US PUTTING OUT THAT INFORMATION. NOW, WHEN THE ATTEMPTED KIDNAPING, THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THAT THE WOMAN MANAGED TO GET AWAY BY CRYING FOR HELP AND PHYSICALLY PUSHING THE SUSPECT AWAY AGAIN, THE 13 YEAR OLD BOY IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED KIDNAPING AND HE’S IN A JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER AND THE SHERIFF SAYS AT SOME POINT THAT BOY IS GOING TO BE RELEASED FROM CUSTODY AS FAR AS WHETHER HE’LL HAVE AN ANKLE MONITOR THAT’S GOING TO BE UP TO THE COURT SYSTEM. BUT THE SHERIFF SAYS THAT THERE WILL BE EXTRA PATROLS IN THIS AREA ONCE THAT CHILD IS OUT OF CUSTODY. THAT’S THE VERY LATEST NOW FROM VERO BEACH. BU