SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - A 29-year-old man, identified as John Kelly Beaubrun, was apprehended on Monday afternoon following an incident of child abuse and attempted kidnapping involving two victims and their family on the beach, police said.
Beaubrun began to speak with the victims and said he would offer them candy if they would leave with him, according to court documents.
Then, the victims told him to leave them alone and police said he intentionally grabbed both victims by their arms and proceeded to walk away with them toward the beach access exit which led to Collins Avenue, which is approximately 200 feet away.
Upon hearing the cries of the victim’s family attempted to intervene, Beaubrun became belligerent and aggressive with them and was refusing to let them go, the arrest report states.
When Beaubrun refused to leave the victims, police said that several other bystanders had to physically intervene to get him to release them from his custody, in that process he sustained an injury.
Beaubrun was taken into custody and transported via Aventura Hospital. He was then transported to TGK.
Without the intervention, it is still unknown what the defendant’s intent was with the children.
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