Posted on 01/03/2024 11:23:46 AM PST by lowbridge
A disturbing surveillance video shows the moment a man allegedly tried to kidnap a 4-year-old boy at a Florida Walmart — but the suspect’s wife claimed he was just “joking.”
The footage recorded Friday at the store in Lehigh Acres shows the alleged would-be kidnapper, later identified as Pablo Pintueles Hernandez, 64, walking up to the tot, who was shopping with his family, and grabbing him by the wrist.
Hernandez allegedly told the child “Let’s go” before trying to lead him away, but the boy’s relatives quickly intervened and got him away from the suspect, authorities said.
Hernandez, who was with his wife, then stalked off to finish his shopping and left the store.
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Within an hour of the thwarted kidnapping, deputies arrived at Hernandez’s home and arrested him on a charge of false imprisonment of a child 13 years old and under.
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Hernandez’s wife, Odalis Vaillant Leyva, who was with him, told deputies that her husband is “outgoing and frequently jokes with children, calling them ‘Papito.’ Leyva has warned her husband against these interactions because other people do not interpret the interactions the same way he does,” the report stated.
When interviewed by a deputy, Hernandez allegedly confirmed that he grabbed the child’s wrist and the boy started to walk away with him, before his sister “got upset and grabbed the boy’s other arm,” the report read.
Leyva told the boy’s sister that her husband “was joking” before the pair walked away.
“Hernandez explained this is part of his personality; he likes interacting with children and has done similar things on prior occasions,” the report said. “Hernandez stated he had no intention of leaving with the child.”
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The relatives intervened...and left the perp still alive?
Yeah, exactly my thoughts, he’d have been pulped
Duh, ok...
Good way to die. Mama bears can be vicious when protecting their young.
I suspect he is special needs.
Part of Americas personality is to arrest people like this. Its called kidnapping.
If anyone believes the wife they are totally loco.
Yeah. I thought so.
The same is true of their blasé attitude toward to public health hazards posed by the homeless camps on the sidewalks of America's Democrat controlled cities.
Looking at him in the video, I think you may be right.
He’s 64. He has done this before, maybe with a much worse outcome. The wife knows, and is either lying and possibly helping him, or in complete denial that her husband is a pervert.
I would have curb stomped him if I were the boy’s father!
Mama bear wasn’t paying attention and dodged a bullet.
What a liar.....
The man may genuinely have been playing with the kid but given the times we live in where child abduction is rampant, this is no longer considered play. It’s just unfortunate. Things that were innocent in the past are not innocent any more.
What hospital is Pablo Pintueles Hernandez, in now.
time to put this old fart on his face. He should be thanking God he did not touch anyone in my family.
Don’t know this man’s immigration status, but a quick perusal of https://www.illegalaliencrimereport.com would indicate that there is a suspicious amount of pedophilia among Hispanics.
DO NOT do that to my child, or to a child who has been entrusted to my care.
Don't make like you're going to do it.
In fact, don't even think about it.
FAFO.
Dollars-to-donuts the boy is blonde and blue. My son was and we had to watch him like a hawk. We were stalked many times in stores when he was young.
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