A group of teens tried to catch a man they suspected of preying on minors. Then he kidnapped one of them, police say

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A group of teenagers told police they tried to catch a man they believed was preying on girls in Vista, California, over the weekend. Instead, police say, one of them was kidnapped.

The teens told police they used a social media application to contact a man who they believed was looking for underage girls for sex. They arranged a meeting with him at a shopping center Sunday in an attempt to bring him to the attention of law enforcement, a statement from the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said.

Read MoreDeputies contacted Dreyfus on his cell phone and he pulled over. The victim fled the vehicle and was rescued unharmed. Dreyfus was arrested, the sheriff's department said.He was booked into the Vista Detention Facility on suspicion of kidnapping, sending harmful matter to a minor and communication with a minor for specific offenses, according to the statement.

 

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