Crime & Safety
GCPD Identify Suspect in Alleged Bay Creek Park Abduction Attempt
GCPD said a 40-year-old Lawrenceville man was arrested in connection with an alleged abduction attempt at Bay Creek Park in Loganville, Ga. on Monday evening.
Please note an arrest does not constitute a conviction. The suspect has been charged with, but not convicted of, the charges.
According to Gwinnett County Police, Jean Souffrant, 40, of 1418 Great Shoals Circle in Lawrenceville, was arrested on Sept. 17, 2017 and charged with one count of kidnapping in connection with an attempted child abduction.
In a press release, a spokesman for GCPD said officers from the East Precinct responded to a call for a suspicious person at Bay Creek Park in Loganville.
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"Information given by the caller explained that a black male approximately 5’11”, wearing a white t-shirt, blue shorts, glasses and flip flops was acting strange, approaching children at a football practice and trying to get them to leave with him," Detective J.R. Flanagan wrote in a press release. "According to the caller, the suspicious male tried to leave with two separate juveniles; both of which were able to get away from the male and were safe with the 911 caller."
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