09/16/2020
Riverside Homeless Bum attempts to kidnap 11 year old
https://www.facebook.com/RiversidePD/posts/10159832040791037
LOCAL TRANSIENT ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING
On Saturday, September 12, 2020 around 8:00 a.m., officers responded to the University Towers apartments, located in the 3500 block of Iowa Avenue, regarding a possible attempted child abduction. When they arrived, officers quickly found the uncooperative suspect nearby and safely detained him.
They learned an 11-year-old female juvenile walked to the garbage enclosure of the apartment building to empty trash when a homeless man started talking to her. As she began to walk away, the suspect suddenly grabbed and attempted to pull her into the enclosure. Fortunately, the girl was able to pull away and run to her apartment for help.
Dejon Lawton, a 52-year-old transient and currently on Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS), was arrested and booked into jail for kidnapping with intent to commit a lewd act and annoying/molesting a child. He is being held on $110,000 bail. Mr. Lawton has been resistant to outreach services and Riverside Police Officers have contacted him several times this year for violations of being under the influence, public intoxication, resisting arrest, and several violations of his PRCS.
