Child abduction stopped at Spring Hill Mall

Scary stuff.  Great work by the chaperones and Mall public safety staff.

Thursday morning at Spring Hill Mall, a Chicago man attempted to abduct a 4 year old child visiting with a group from Elgin’s Two Rivers Headstart.

Arthur Robinzine, 19, of 818 S. Wolcott Ave., Chicago, has been charged with unlawful restraint, aggravated battery in a public place and resisting arrest after he grabbed the boy at about 9:15 a.m., according to police.

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As soon as Robinzine picked up the victim and attempted to walk away, he was tackled to the ground by a group chaperone and a mall store employee, Sawyer said. The child wasn’t injured, [West Dundee Police Chief Dave] Sawyer said.

Police said it is unclear what the man’s intention was, and he was at Sherman Hospital undergoing psychiatric assessment.

Read more on this story:

• Chaperone helps foil child abduction attempt at mall – Courier-News
• Suspect tackled after boy, 4, is grabbed at mall during field trip – Chicago Tribune
• Attempted abduction thwarted at Spring Hill Mall -Northwest Herald
  
• Chaperones tackle man who grabbed child on field trip – Daily Herald