Yara Vanessa Pineda.
Posted on 05/30/2024 8:58:56 AM PDT by lowbridge
A Southern California woman who was previously arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a child from a Target store was arrested again Tuesday on similar charges.
The suspect was identified as Yara Vanessa Pineda, 27, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Officers responded to Seoul International Park on the 3200 block of San Marino Street in the Koreatown neighborhood at around 5:14 p.m.
Witnesses said Pineda had approached several children at the park and picked them up before letting them go after being confronted by their parents.
The woman was reportedly seen fighting with the parents as well.
Witnesses recalled the frightening scene as the woman was seen running around the park.
“There was a crazy lady running around and she was picking up little kids and the kids were running from her,” recalled a young boy named Anwar. “They got scared. She was catching them and running away with them. She asked me for candy and I said, ‘No!’ and I ran away.”
Anwar said the woman reportedly picked up his sister and later pushed her to the ground. Parents called the police and kept an eye on her while awaiting their arrival.
Pineda fled the area before officers could arrive. An LAPD airship spotted the woman running from the park toward Normandie Avenue.
Officers confronted the suspect and a taser was eventually used to subdue her and take her into custody.
Pineda was previously arrested on Feb. 25 for allegedly trying to kidnap a 4-year-old boy from a Target store in Westlake.
During that incident, Pineda allegedly grabbed the boy from behind and carried him out of the store before putting the child down after being confronted by his parents.
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Attempted child trafficking?
Not someone well organized thats for sure. My guess, she is insane.
She’ll be out by 5pm.
“Attempted child trafficking?”
Mentally disturbed
Why is it that every time my cellphone’s Amber Alert goes off it involves Mexicans?
Yara Vanessa Pineda.
An example for mandatory commitment.
Since she repeats this, the cost of her succeeding one day is too great to keep ignoring.
Oh, good. I didn’t want her to be late for dinner.
“Mentally disturbed”
I hope that’s not just a handy narrative. Forgive me if I am not that trusting of government when it comes to children.
“I hope that’s not just a handy narrative.”
Not everything is a government plot.
Try that crap in a more enlightened State than California, and it won’t be a taser used to subdue the perp, and it won’t be the cops doing the subduing.
$$$$$$$$
“Not everything is a government plot.”
Only because they overlooked a few things.
Rope. Tree. I bet that will discourage criminals.
try that crap in a small town and she won’t be “ fighting “ with parents, she’ll have to be recused from said parents and the whole town.
I think traffickers would be a little bit more professional about it. This sounds like a crazy woman.
If she were arrested for the attempted kidnapping of a child three months ago, how/why is she walking free to try again? Around here, attempted kidnapping of a child would result in a pretty stiff bail requirement.
Needs to be in jail or committed. But LAPD “airship”? Shades of Minority Report, Total Recall, etc.
I bet she won’t do it again
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