A man was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 6 after attempting to kidnap a woman, soliciting a teenager and annoying an underage girl, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said on Friday.
At around 8 p.m. on Nov. 1, a woman was riding her scooter in Jurupa Valley when a man, later identified as Brian Vaughn, 36, offered her a ride. When she refused, he grabbed her arm and attempted to pull her to his vehicle, but she was able to escape., authorities said.
On Nov. 6, investigators executed a search warrant at Vaughn’s residence on the 3900 block of Hawk Drive, Jurupa Valley, where he was taken into custody.
He was also identified as the suspect in two previous incidents.
On Oct. 31, the Sheriff’s Station received a call about a man following a 17-year-old girl as she walked home from school. He was reportedly photographing her and offering her a ride. Deputies did not locate the suspect at the time.
The following day, deputies responded to a report of a man who had solicited a lewd act from a 12-year-old girl in Moreno Valley. It was determined that the suspect was known to the victim, and was the same suspect from the incident the day before.
Vaughn was booked at the Robert Presley Detention Center for contacting a minor to commit a felony, annoying or molesting a minor, and kidnapping and is being held on $1,000,000 bail.
No additional information was immediately available.
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department believes there may be additional victims, and urges anyone with information on any similar incidents to call Investigator Castellanos at 951–486–6793.
