Docs: Suspect who tried to grab child from park said he was from ‘an agency’

A man accused of trying to kidnap a child from a Burien park told the family he was from “an agency” and needed to take the child, court documents say. He may have also been having a mental health episode, docs said.

On May 7, a family reported that a man was at Lake Burien School Memorial Park standing over playground equipment. The family, two grandparents and their almost-2-year-old grandchild, said the man kept making statements about taking away children because he was with an agency, court docs said.

It does not appear the man specified an agency…

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