A man, wanted in the attempted abduction of a 3-year-old girl in Upper Darby, is found by police naked and rolling in the grass.
Upper Darby police Superintendent Michael Chitwood says Daniel Johnson, 27, tried to pull a little girl away from her parents around 7:30 last night as they walked from a nearby park to their home on the 6500 block of Marshall Road.
"Mom and Dad fought for their child and they won," said Chitwood. The parents were both holding the girl's hand, when Johnson came walking down the street wearing jeans and no shirt.
Police believe Johnson may have been on drugs, when he allegedly grabbed the little girl away from her parents.
"Mom and Dad walking with their child, what better protection can you have? And then this nut comes along and almost abducts the child and he's totally whacked out, who knows what could have happened to that child?" said Chitwood, who added that Johnson has a long criminal record involving drugs.
Johnson was arrested by Philadelphia Police in Cobbs Creek. "For police to arrest him rolling around in the grass stone naked, he ain't dealing with a straight deck," said Chitwood.
Johnson is charged with attempted kidnapping, reckless endangerment and assault.
