A 31-year-old man who allegedly tried to kidnap a student walking near Mountain Range High School was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery, kidnapping and attempted kidnapping, Westminster police said.
Police began investigating after a girl walking to school near West 125th Avenue and Delaware Street on the morning of Oct. 25 reported that a man in a silver car had approached her, threatened her with a gun and told to get in.
The girl refused and the man grabbed her backpack and ran, police officials said.
Investigators identified Jeremiah Mullins as the suspect and arrested him hours later in the 12000 block of North Melody Drive. The Westminster police reported this in a press release on Friday.
He also faces charges of motor vehicle theft and possession of a weapon by a previous offender.
Mullins was previously arrested in 2019 after kidnapping an Aurora woman while she was warming up her car.
He pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated robbery in the case and was sentenced to 12 years in prison, according to court records. Information about when he was released from jail was not immediately available Friday.
Mullins is in custody on a $1 million bond.
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