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Man arrested for attempted abduction, kidnapping Tuesday

CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. –A man is facing charges after he allegedly attempted to abduct a boy from a neighborhood in the Huntington area.

James Waller (Photo: WVDCR)

James Waller., 33. was arrested Tuesday and now faces attempted abduction and kidnapping charges. According to the Cabell County Sheriff’s Office, the incident occurred around 10 a.m. Tuesday along Blue Bell Lane.

Police said that a woman had called 911 and said an unknown man had attempted to kidnap her grandson. The woman said the man had come up her driveway, grabbed her grandson and picked him. She said that the man had put the child down when she said she was calling 911.

Waller is being held in the Western Regional Jail on a $50,000 bond.





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