Mesa Police have detained a man following an incident at Phoenix Walmart, in which an Monday girl was allegedly groped. Alan David Hammer was recognized by a citizen after police issued an appeal on social media. A surveillance video revealed Hammer followed the child and her mother around the store for half an hour, approaching the girl twice. He was spotted the following day in a branch of Target, and arrested for attempted kidnapping and attempted child molestation.
Mesa Police have detained a man following an incident at Phoenix Walmart, in which an eight-year-old girl was allegedly groped. Alan David Hammer was recognized by a citizen after police issued an appeal on social media. A surveillance video revealed Hammer followed the child and her mother around the store for half an hour, approaching the girl twice. He was spotted the following day in a branch of Target, and arrested for attempted kidnapping and attempted child molestation.