APTOS — Local authorities are investigating an attempted kidnapping that occurred in the Mid County area this past weekend and have asked for the public’s help as the search continues.

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Deputies with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office were alerted between the hours of 5:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday to an attempted kidnapping of a 9-year-old girl near the 600 block of Saint Andrews Drive in Aptos. As she walked through the neighborhood, the girl recounted to local law enforcement that a gray minivan stopped in the roadway before a white man allegedly exited the vehicle and began to chase her.

The girl managed to run to safety with friends, causing the man to then return to the minivan and drive away while reportedly also failing to stop at a nearby stop sign.

The man suspec

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