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Seth Boyden Demonstration School in Maplewood. (Jessica Mazzola | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

MAPLEWOOD -- Police have arrested a 22-year-old man who is accused of trying to steal an elementary school student's backpack.

Maplewood police say the little boy, a Seth Boyden elementary school student, was on Jacoby Street at about 8:15 a.m. Friday walking to school when a man approached him and tried to steal his backpack.

After an investigation into the incident, police said they arrested Jordan Jones, of Irvington, and charged him with endangering the welfare of a child.

The school is located on Boyden Avenue, not far from Jacoby Street. No additional details about the alleged incident were immediately available.

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