22-Year-Old Charged With Trying To Kidnap 3 East Bay Teen Girls
HAYWARD (CBS SF) -- A 22-year-old student has been charged with three counts of attempted kidnapping to commit robbery for allegedly trying to force three teenage girls into his car over the past two months, according to the Alameda County District Attorney's Office.
Sagar Patel was scheduled to appear in court Monday afternoon for arraignment on the three charges, according to jail records. He was arrested last Thursday morning in Hayward.
Students attending Hayward schools told KPIX 5 that the arrest has brought them relief for the first time in weeks.
"Girls will feel safer now, like walking around after school, or like in their free time they will feel safer now because the guy won't try to kidnap any more girls," said 16-year-old Irlanda Aguiniga.
Patel is accused of trying to force three girls between 14 and 16 years old into a white four-door car on Friday afternoons between Feb. 20 and March 27.
On Feb. 20, Patel allegedly grabbed a 14-year-old girl on Joshua Street as she walked home from Tennyson High School. The girl fought the man off and escaped, police said.
On March 6, a 15-year-old girl on Whitman Street, also walking from Tennyson High School, was forced into the back seat of the car but she also managed to escape.
Then on March 27, a 16-year-old walking from Hayward High School was pushed into the back seat of a car near Walpert Street and Fletcher Lane.
Patel allegedly brandished a gun but the girl escaped without injury, police said.
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