A man was arrested in Darby Borough, Delaware County for attempting to abduct a girl. It's the second time in a week he's been arrested for the same charge, police said Friday.
Isaac Dougba, 65, drove up alongside a 10-year-old girl in his white van Thursday, rolled down the window and asked 'Do you want to come in,' according to Darby Borough Police Chief Robert Smythe. The girl ran home to her mother, who called police.
"She just started shaking and crying really bad," said Sharon Chambers, the girl's mother. "She couldn't sleep all last night at all."
Chambers had been interviewed by NBC10's George Spencer just a week ago, reacting to the first attempted abduction in the same area on July 9. In that case, police say Dougba tried to lure a 13-year-old girl into his van.
In that case, police credited a new partnership with SEPTA for tracking down Dougba. SEPTA cameras captured the suspect's graffiti-covered white van driving around the neighborhood. Within 20 minutes, police found him two blocks from the scene.
"[The 13-year old girl] had a very good description of a white van truck, that had writing on it," Smythe said. "This is typical 21st century police work. You know, if the camera's not there, we don't know where the truck is!
Investigators say Dougba confessed to the first attempted luring his initial arrest. The man's family, however, said police are lying and that he his innocent.
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Chambers and Smythe are furious with Delaware County District Judge Leonard Tenaglia, who officials said, lowered Dougba's bail from $50,000 to $10,000 following the first incident.
"He should not have been on the street. We did our job, the bail office did their job, the judge didn't do his job," Smythe said.
NBC10 attempted to speak with Tenaglia, but he did not comment. The same judge set Dougba's bail at $250,000 at his arraignment Friday for the new incident.
