A 10-year-old girl and her mother fought off a stranger trying to kidnap the child while she played with friends outside, California police reported.
The woman accused in the case was seen loitering in alleys, peering in windows and possibly stealing someone’s package before the incident at about 4:20 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, the Ventura Police Department said in a news release.
The girl saw the woman holding her sweatshirt, police said. The stranger began chasing the girl, who started running toward her apartment, and grabbed her, officers said…