Stranger tries to yank 6-year-old girl out of dad’s car window, Idaho cops say

Helena Wegner, Idaho Statesman

COEUR D’ALENE (Idaho Statesman) — A alien tried to propulsion a 6-year-old woman done her father’s car model successful an attempted kidnapping successful Idaho, constabulary said.

Peter Cahoon, 33, approached nan father and his daughter astatine astir 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, successful nan St. Vincent De Paul HELP Center parking lot, nan Coeur d’Alene Police Department said successful a Facebook post.

The 2 were successful nan conveyance erstwhile Cahoon began asking them questions, which made nan dada nervous, constabulary said.

Cahoon “suddenly” tried to propulsion nan woman retired of nan car done nan unfastened window, constabulary said.

Her dada past backed up nan car and constabulary said Cahoon jumped onto nan hood and tried to unfastened nan girl’s door.

“Cahoon slid disconnected nan hood but continued to effort to get into nan car,” constabulary said.

The dada past called constabulary and Cahoon walked off, authorities said.

Police later recovered him respective blocks distant and said he “seemed to beryllium suffering from intelligence wellness issues.”

He was arrested connected aggregate charges, including attempted kidnapping, battery, malicious wounded to property, disturbing nan bid and obstructing/resisting an officer.

Cahoon is primitively from Oklahoma and had only been successful nan area for a fewer days, constabulary said. He was described by constabulary arsenic being homeless.

St. Vincent De Paul is simply a assets halfway wherever group tin get assistance pinch housing, shelter and food.