AOL News: A 47-year-old man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly tried to abduct a 3-year-old boy in Newport News, Va., WAVY.com reported.

According to police, Wesley Stuart Brown approached the child as he was playing outside, put him in a wagon and rolled him away, all in front of the toddler's grandmother, Angie Craig. She began to scream and neighbors quickly came to the rescue. They surrounded Brown and two of them took the boy and put him in their car until police arrived.

One of the neighbors said he heard Brown say, "I'm not going to jail. Everything's OK. He wants to go with me! He wants to go with me!"

Brown as charged with one count of abduction. Craig said she did not know the suspect.

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