UPDATE: Police chief and pastor react to incident when mom said stranger grabbed her daughter
Man was on probation at the time of the incident.
Mom Sydney Kitchen tells me she was shopping at a thrift store in Sandusky, Michigan when a man who was working at the store grabbed her eight-year-old daughter and dragged her into the bathroom.
Kitchen tells me she was only ten feet away at the time. Her younger son noticed what happened and started yelling. Kitchen tells me the mom let go of the girl and claimed the girl had followed him into the bathroom.
19-year-old Andrew Hakeem Jewell has been charged with assault or assault and battery, which is a misdemeanor.
I found out by digging through court records that Jewell was charged with the exact same thing on February 18, 2022 in Saginaw County, Michigan. Jewell was charged with assault or assault and battery and was placed on probation.
During a service at the Open Missionary Baptist Church Police Chief Brett Lester and Pastor Rick Turner discussed the incident that allegedly occurred at the store.
Listen to just some of what the Police Chief and the pastor had to say about the alleged incident:
