The suspect offered money for the girl and then tried to grab her by the hair.
-- Chicago police are warning about an attempted kidnapping of a 5-year-old girl that took place Thursday in the Cragin neighborhood.
Just before noon, the girl was walking alongside her mother on the sidewalk in the 5100 block of West Fullerton Avenue when an unknown male suspect followed them, according to Chicago police. The suspect engaged the mother in a conversation and offered her an unknown amount of money for her daughter. When the mother refused, the suspect attempted to grab the girl by her hair towards him.Police described the offender as a male, light-skinned Hispanic with a thin beard, 20 to 25 years of age. He stood about 5-foot-6 or 5-foot-7, weighed about 150 to 160 pounds. He also had bright red hair, wore a black hat, a black t-shirt and red shorts.