Australian DJ arrested after Samaritans thwart San Francisco kidnapping: Police
04/16/2019 10:10 pm PDT
via KTLA:
SAN FRANCISCO (KTLA/AP) -- Good Samaritans stopped the attempted kidnapping of a 2-year-old boy by an Australian disc jockey from a busy San Francisco street, police said Tuesday.
Police arrested Roscoe Bradley Holyoake, 34, of Perth, Australia, on Friday.
Australia media reports Holyoake is a popular disc jockey.
The toddler was holding his mother's hand while they walked in the Castro neighborhood when Holyoake snatched the boy, San Francisco police say.
Holyoake ran for about half a block with the mother and several bystanders in pursuit before the bystanders grabbed and held him until police arrived.
His attorney told media outside court Tuesday that Holyoake doesn't have a criminal record and was in San Francisco on business.
Holyoake remained in San Francisco County Jail on $500,000 bail.
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