Attempted child abduction at Spraugue park

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office reported that around Sunday noon on March 8, a man contacted three children at the city park in Sprague. He chatted with the two older children for a few minutes, then grabbed an approximately two-year-old male child from a stroller and ran. The child’s older brother and sister began screaming and pursued the suspect.

The suspect ran a couple of blocks and two Sprague teenagers nearby, Isaac Yow, 16, and Andrew Crane, 15, were attracted by the commotion. As they approached, the suspect put the child down and fled on foot. The two teens stopped to see whether...