2 Child-Snatch Attempts at San Diego Mall Lead to Arrest

2 Child-Snatch Attempts at San Diego Mall Lead to Arrest
People enter a Westfield shopping mall in Arcadia, Calif., in this file photo. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
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SAN DIEGO—A suspect in two attempted child abductions at Westfield Mission Valley mall this week was arrested Thursday, several hours after the second of the two crimes occurred.

San Diego Police Department (SDPD) officers pulled over Rene Lujan, 42, at about 4 p.m. as he was driving on eastbound state Route 94 near Home Avenue in the Mount Hope area and took him into custody, SDPD public affairs Lt. Daniel Meyer told reporters.

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