THE SEARCH CONTINUES IN ALBUQUERQUE FOR A MAN POLICE SAY TRIED TO KIDNAP TWO YOUNG GIRLS FROM A PARK ON THE CITY'S WEST SIDE. APD'S TASIA MARTINEZ TELLS US IT WAS AROUND 2:30 TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THE GIRLS, NINE AND 10 YEARS OLD, SAY A MAN APPROACHED THEM AT BUTTERFIELD PARK IN THE 10-THOUSAND BLOCK OF COORS BYPASS GRABBED AT THEM AND ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO MOLEST ONE OF THEM. THEY GOT AWAY AND TOLD THEIR PARENTS WHAT HAPPENED.
MARTINEZ SAYS THE GIRLS TOLD POLICE THEY THOUGHT THEY'D SEEN THE MAN EARLIER THAT DAY AT WAL MART. DETECTIVES HAVE REVIEWED WAL MART SURVEILLANCE TAPE BUT HAVEN'T VERIFIED IF THE SUSPECT WAS, IN FACT, AT THE STORE TUESDAY. POLICE HAVE LITTLE TO GO ON IN THEIR SEARCH FOR THE SUSPECT. HE'S SAID TO BE EITHER WHITE OR HISPANIC WITH DARK HAIR AND GLASSES.
RESIDENTS SAY THE PARK IS USUALLY SAFE. THE PARK IS RIGHT BEHIND WHERE THE TWO GIRLS LIVE, AND THEIR PARENTS ARE SHOCKED THE KIDNAPPING ATTEMPT OCCURRED SO CLOSE TO THEIR HOME.
A PERIODIC WATCH HAS BEEN PLACED ON BUTTERFIELD PARK.
