‘Let’s get some ice cream’: Suspect arrested and charged with attempted kidnapping of boy at Eastside Dollar General – Action News Jax

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Octavia Jackson said her 8-year-old son was almost taken away from her.

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It happened at the Dollar General on East 8 St. According to police, her son Alijah ran into the store in a panic and called for help. He was followed by Peter Norvellino, who went into the store and claimed he was looking for his son.

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The boy's mother, Ocatavia Jackson, said she knew something was wrong as soon as she saw him.

“As I was walking to the store, I saw him crossing the street on his bike without looking to see if a car was coming, and he was breathing fast,” Jackson said. “I asked why he was doing that, and he said there was a guy up there trying to give me a ride.”

Alijah told his mother that Norvellino tried to kidnap him.

“My son told me they tried to get him to put his bike in his car. Then they went into the store and said, 'Come on, son, let's get some ice cream.' And the lady said, 'That's not your son, he comes here every day,'” Jackson said.

But the employee knew the little boy and knew that he was not the suspect's son. She called the police and told him to leave.

For more on this story, tune in to FOX30 at 10 p.m. and CBS47, FOX at 11 p.m.

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