A San Bernardino man was arrested on suspicion of molestation on Wednesday after he allegedly posed as an animal control officer in a white “ambulance-style” van to lure a young girl searching for her missing dog into his van, authorities said.

At about 8:49 p.m. on Tuesday, San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of a kidnapping in Highland after an 11-year-old girl briefly went missing and returned home in the evening, according to a press release. Earlier that day, the girl was searching for her missing dog near San Francisco and 14th Street when Guillermo Cascante, a 57-year-old San Bernardino resident, allegedly approached her in an older, ambulance-style white van and posed as an animal control officer to lure her into his vehicle, according to the release.

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