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Charges Laid After Attempted Abduction of 7-Year-Old Girl at Chilliwack Elementary School
Police say a concerned parent intervened, and officers arrested Joel McGillis nearby; the child was not injured, RCMP said.
Charges have been laid against Joel McGillis for attempting to abduct a seven-year-old girl from Chilliwack Central Elementary School on May 13.
A concerned citizen intervened and returned the child to the school before police arrested McGillis nearby, and the child was unharmed.
McGillis and the child are not known to each other, and the case is considered isolated by the police.
Chilliwack RCMP is seeking witnesses, especially those who saw someone wearing a purple bunny-like mask near the school between 8:30 a.m. and 9:15 a.m.