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Wash. law focuses on boy in attempted kidnapping of toddler

FILE - In this still image taken from surveillance video on March 8, 2015, and provided by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, a man runs down a street, carrying a toddler in an apparent kidnapping attempt in Sprague, Wash. A 15-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday in connection with the attempted kidnapping of a 22-month-old toddler that was caught on surveillance video. The teenage boy, who lives in Sprague, was identified through the use of surveillance video, interviews and evidence collection, Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers said. The boy's identity was being withheld because he is a juvenile, Magers said. (AP Photo/Lincoln County Sheriff's Office)
FILE - In this still image taken from surveillance video on March 8, 2015, and provided by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, a man runs down a street, carrying a toddler in an apparent kidnapping attempt in Sprague, Wash. A 15-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday in connection with the attempted kidnapping of a 22-month-old toddler that was caught on surveillance video. The teenage boy, who lives in Sprague, was identified through the use of surveillance video, interviews and evidence collection, Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers said. The boy's identity was being withheld because he is a juvenile, Magers said. (AP Photo/Lincoln County Sheriff's Office)

By Associated Press 3 min read

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Lincoln County law officers say a 15-year-old boy is their main suspect in the attempted kidnapping of a 22-month-old toddler – an incident that drew wide attention after it was caught on surveillance video.

The boy was arrested on Wednesday, Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers said.

The identity of the youth, who lives in the small farming town of Sprague in eastern Washington, was being withheld because he is a juvenile.

“Deputies and detectives have worked relentlessly on this case,” Magers said in a press release. They started focusing on the arrested suspect in the past 24 hours.

“Additional evidence, interviews, DNA collection, and surveillance” were carried out, Magers said. “A search warrant was executed at the suspect’s residence.”