EUGENE, Ore. - A chaotic scene unfolded on Tuesday morning at Skinner Butte Park when a man allegedly attempted to kidnap a toddler, according to the Eugene Police Department.

EPD officials said that the incident took place at 10:11 a.m. on August 5. Officers arrived to find 55-year-old Anthony Wayne Reed on top of a 74-year-old man while witnesses held a 19-month-old child nearby.

The altercation began when Reed approached the victim and picked up the child, claiming he knew the parents and wanted to get the child help. The victim, unfamiliar with Reed, tried to intervene but was briefly strangled before bystanders stepped in.

Reed was reportedly disorderly and incoherent when police arrived. He was arrested and taken to Lane County Jail on charges including kidnapping, strangulation,

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