An illegal immigrant in Alabama being held on attempted kidnapping charges had been deported at least five times before his latest arrest, officials said.
Yordy Centeno-Melchor, 31, was taken into custody after attempting to abduct a teenage girl from the parking lot of a Holtville, Alabama, business on New Year’s Eve, according to a report.
“It seems as if, when he got in the parking lot, he sort of coaxed the girl, who was trying to move a buggy,” Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin said. “And she was in that area or near his vehicle. But he coaxed her into coming over to the vehicle. She’s a young girl. She’s 17 years old.”
The illegal immigrant fled when he was confronted by a man who
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