Girl Nearly Abducted While In Her Garage<BR> Douglas County Detectives Searching For Suspect<BR> MDT May 29, 2002<P> DENVER -- The Douglas County Sheriff's Department is searching for<BR> a suspect who allegedly attempted to kidnap a young girl in Highlands<BR> Ranch. <P> The incident occurred last week in<BR> the Southridge section of Highlands<BR> Ranch. <P> An 8-year-old girl told police a man<BR> grabbed her arm and tried to pull<BR> her to a waiting car. <P> The girl and her mother had just<BR> returned home from shopping when<BR> she went back to her mother's car, which was parked in the open garage,<BR> to retrieve her mother's purse. <P> While in the driver's seat of the vehicle, the girl noticed a small gray car<BR> slowly pulling up in front of the house and an older man walking up the<BR> driveway, Douglas County Sheriff's detectives said. <P> When the man walked in the garage, the girl got scared and tried to close<BR> the car door, but he grabbed the car door and held it open, detectives<BR> said. <P> The suspect then grabbed her right arm and tried to pull her out of the<BR> car and the garage. She screamed for her mother, but the suspect<BR> grabbed her leg, the girl said. <P> She managed to pull away, and the man started to run down the<BR> driveway. But the girl told detectives that he had a limp, and could not<BR> run very fast. <P> The suspect got into his vehicle, described as an older gray Honda, and<BR> sped away. <P> The girl's mother came out of the house in time to see an older gray car<BR> leaving her driveway and turning east onto Wildcat Reserve Parkway. <P> The suspect is described as white man about 50-years-old, just over 6<BR> feet tall, with gray hair and a short gray beard. <P> He was possibly wearing a teal green or blue short-sleeve shirt. <P> If you have any information that could help investigators, call the Douglas<BR> County Sheriff's Department at (303) 660-7579 or (303) 660-7548. <P><a href="http://www.kmgh.com/den/news/stories/news-148367120020528-140554.html";>http://www.kmgh.com/den/news/stories/news-148367120020528-140554.html<;/a>