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SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — An unhoused man in Salt Lake County has been charged after allegedly trying to remove a baby from a stroller and pushing the child's mother away while at a Trax platform.

Benjamin Dillman, 56, has been charged with attempted child kidnapping, a first-degree felony, and assault, a Class B misdemeanor.

According to court documents, on July 29, a woman was at a Trax station in Salt Lake County with her 3-month-old baby, who was in a stroller. The woman told police that she was approached by an unknown male, later identified as Dillman.

The woman began moving away from Dillman as he approached the two, and he allegedly began purs

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