Man posed as animal control worker to kidnap 11-year-old searching for her lost dog using his 'ambulance style van': Police

A 57-year-old antheral successful California is accused of kidnapping an 11-year-old miss who was retired looking for her mislaid dog, allegedly coaxing the kid into his van by posing arsenic an carnal power officer. Guillermo Cascante was taken into custody earlier this week and charged with kidnapping and lewd and lascivious acts connected a kid done unit oregon fear, authorities announced.

According to a news release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office, deputies with the Highland Station astatine astir 8:49 p.m. connected Tuesday, Aug. 19 responded to an exigency telephone regarding a kidnapping successful the country of San Francisco Street and 14th Street successful Highland, California, astir 65 miles eastbound of Los Angeles.

The caller told the exigency dispatcher that an 11-year-old pistillate had been kidnapped by an big male, but managed to flight and marque it backmost home.

"Through investigation, deputies learned the antheral suspect, Guillermo Cascante, was driving an older achromatic ambulance benignant van and approached the unfortunate portion she was looking for her missing canine adjacent San Francisco Street and 14th Street," deputies wrote successful the release. "Cascante pretended to enactment for Animal Control and offered to assistance the unfortunate find her dog."

The sadistic ruse worked and the unfortunate got into the conveyance and Cascante drove away, authorities said. That is erstwhile Cascante allegedly assaulted the unfortunate astatine gunpoint.

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"While successful the vehicle, Cascante produced a handgun, drove the unfortunate astir the metropolis and molested her," the merchandise states. "Shortly after, Cascante stopped adjacent Cunningham Street and 9th thoroughfare and fto the unfortunate retired of the van. The unfortunate ran home, and the fishy fled the location."

Investigators canvassed the country and were capable to find a van that matched the statement provided by the alleged victim. It was parked successful the country of 18th thoroughfare and Guthrie Street, conscionable implicit a mile from wherever the alleged abduction took place.

On Wednesday, August 20, detectives served a hunt warrant astatine a residence successful the 2000 artifact of East 18th Street wherever Cascante was located. He was taken into custody and booked into the West Valley Detention Center wherever helium is presently being held successful detention without bond.

Investigators released photographs of Cascante and the van utilized successful the alleged abduction due to the fact that they judge that Cascante has victimized others.

Authorities are urging anyone with accusation applicable to the probe into Cascante to interaction the Highland Sheriff's Station astatine (909) 425-9793.

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