A man accused of trying to abduct a baby is scheduled to be back in court today after undergoing a psychiatric assessment.
Sixty-one-year-old James Allan Duncan was arrested Saturday after reports he was trying to snatch a baby out of a stroller at Donald’s Market on Commercial Drive in East Vancouver. Police say the woman with the child was helped by another customer as she struggled with Duncan to make him let go of the baby. The baby was not injured.
The man left the store, but then began to verbally threaten a different nine-month-old child on the street.
Duncan is facing charges of attempted kidnapping, assault and uttering threats.
Police said mental health issues could have been involved in the case.
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