Suspect identified in abduction near Hunter High School
01/28/2020 7:13 am PST
via KSTU:
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (KSTU) -- Police have identified a man suspected of attempting to abduct a Hunter High School student Monday evening as she walked home from school.
Unified Police Department Sgt. Melody Gray identified the man as 44-year-old Creed Cole Lujan of West Valley City early Tuesday morning.
Lujan is accused of plucking the girl off the street and then holding her against her will for roughly four hours.
He was booked into jail on suspicion of multiple felony charges including aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault and aggravated sexual assault.
Fox 13 has learned Lujan was on parole for another prior violent offense.
With Lujan's arrest, the immediate danger is over, but Sgt. Gray warned everyone to keep an eye out in an effort to help keep a crime like this from happening.
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