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A 22-year-old man has been charged with the attempted abduction of a child from a driveway in Surrey last weekend, police said.
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Police allege a child was playing in a driveway outside a home in the 8100-block of 136A Street at around 6:40 p.m. on Saturday when a stranger approached the child and “physically picked up” the child. Bystanders intervened. The stranger put the child down and left the area.
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The Surrey Police Service said bystanders detained the stranger for police.
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The child wasn’t harmed.
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Liam Robert Dobbs-Morency is facing one count of abduction of a person under 14 and one count of possession of a prohibited weapon.
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He remains in custody pending a bail hearing Thursday in Surrey provincial court.
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