An attempted kidnapping of a 29-year-old woman in a Roseville shopping center may be linked to a similar incident in Lincoln, police said today.
A woman was sitting in her vehicle at the Renaissance Creek Shopping Center at Sierra College and Douglas boulevards about 8:35 p.m. Tuesday, when an unknown man entered through a back door and grabbed her around the neck, a Roseville Police Department news release says.
She escaped through the driver's door after honking her horn. The suspect fled in a maroon Dodge Durango with tinted rear windows, taking the woman's purse.
Another attempted kidnapping involving a maroon Dodge Durango was reported in Lincoln on Sunday.
A woman working at the Raley's gas station on south Highway 65 told police that a man with two missing front teeth tried to force her into his vehicle about 10:30 p.m.
The suspect in the Roseville incident was described as a Caucasian man in his early 30s, with a mustache, goatee and blonde, buzz-cut hair. He was also described as 5-foot-11, 220 pounds and wearing a white T-shirt.
Roseville and Lincoln police detectives are investigating both reports.
Anyone with information is urged to call the Roseville Police Department at (916) 774-5000.
By Jennifer K. Morita - jmorita@sacbee.com
Published 3:50 pm PDT Thursday, July 24, 2008
