Mesa Police have detained a man following an incident at Phoenix Walmart , in which an eight - year - old girl was allegedly groped . # ##y Hammer was recognized by a citizen after police issued an alert on social media . A surveillance video revealed Hammer followed the child and her boyfriend around the neighborhood 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 sexual abuse .
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.