SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — Surveillance footage from the Utah Transit Authority shows an incident where an unhoused man struck a woman and attempted to take her baby.
Benjamin Dillman, 56, was charged with attempted kidnapping on Aug. 1, after allegedly trying to remove a baby from a stroller and pushing the child’s mother away while at a Trax platform.
According to court documents, on July 29, a woman was at a Trax station in Salt Lake County with her 3-month-old baby, who was in a stroller. The woman told police that she was approached by an unknown male, later identified as Dillman.
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In the video, obtained by ABC4 through a records request, the woman can be seen walking her stroller on the platform when Dillman strides up behind her. The woman attempts to move away from Dillman, and he begins to follow…