Suspect in Attempted Abduction at NJ Wawa Taken Into Custody, State Police Say

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Suspect in Attempted Abduction at NJ Wawa Taken Into Custody, State Police Say
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BREAKING: Just days after NJSP released a sketch and surveillance video of a man accused of trying to abduct a young boy from an NJ Wawa store, the suspect was apprehended.

"The male suspect has been apprehended and is currently in custody,"The male suspect has been apprehended and is currently in custody. Thank you everyone who sent in tips and shared the post.

This is an ongoing investigation and we request anyone who may have additional information contact the Port Norris Station at 856-785-0036.The incident occurred on May 28, 2023, at the Dorchester Wawa on 3904 State Highway 47 in Maurice River, police said.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters. A 7-year-old boy told police a man entered the restroom of the Wawa and offered him candy if he would leave with him. When the boy declined, the man grabbed the boy’s arm and tried to physically remove him from the store, police said.

Police are searching for a man who they say tried to abduct a 7-year-old boy at a New Jersey Wawa. NBC10's Cydney Long has the latest on the search for the suspect. The boy resisted, broke free from the man’s grasp and ran to his mother in the woman’s restroom, investigators said. The man left the scene before the boy’s family was able to locate him.

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