The London Police Service has laid charges after a man allegedly tried to remove a 3-year-old girl from a vehicle in a parking lot and assaulted a woman as she intervened.
The incident happened at roughly 7:30 p.m. on Monday in a parking lot in the area of Dundas Street and Adelaide Street when the woman and child were both inside the parked vehicle.
Police report that the man tried to get the child out of the vehicle and then assaulted a woman who stopped him from taking the child.
She suffered minor injuries while the child was not hurt.
The man fled the scene but was arrested a short time later.
Kyle Williams, 26, of London, Ont. is facing charges of resisting arrest, attempt to commit an indictable offence, and two counts of assault.