'I felt scared, I felt like, is this the last time I'm gonna see my brother and my cousins and my family?'

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OFFERED HER A RIDE. A POPULAR PLACE ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY. PARENTS AT BENSON LIONS PARK -- >> WE DON’T KNOW ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS. CAMILA: WATCHING THEIR KIDS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. >> ALL OF A SUDDEN, I JUST SEE A CAR BY THE STREET. CAMILA: IT’S BECAUSE OF WHAT 15-YEAR-OLD ANNA MARTINEZ EXPERIENCED SATURDAY MORNING. SHE SAYS SHE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE PARK TO THE BLONDO FOOD MART WITH HER BROTHER AND THREE OTH KIDS WHEN A MAN GOT OUT OF HIS CAR. >> HE WAS LIKE, "DO YOU NEED A RIDE?" WE WERE LIKE, "OH, NO, WE’RE JUST GOING DOWN TO THE LITTLE MARKET." CAMILA: MARTINEZ SAYS THE MAN FOLLOWED THEM INTO THE STORE, TRYING AGAIN TO GET HER TO LEAVE WITH HIM. >> HE WAS LIKE, "YOU KNOW WHAT, THOSE BOYS ARE GROWN, THEY CAN GO WALKING BY THEMSELVES, HOW COME YOU DON’T COME WITH ME?" AND I WAS LIKE, "NO, NO." CAMILA: MARTINEZ TOLD THE STORE CLERK WHAT HAPPENED, AND THE MAN FINALLY LEFT AFTER THE CLERK DIALED 911. >> I FELT SCARED. I FELT LIKE, IS THIS THE LAST TIME I’M GONNA SEE MY BROTHER AND MY COUSINS AND MY FAMILY? CAMILA: THE MEN REPORTEDLY DIDN’T GET FAR. POLICE, RESPONDING TO ANOTHER CALL NEAR 66TH AND MAPLE. A FACEBOOK POST, INDICATING A MAN GRABBED A FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL PLAYING IN A YARD WHILE HER DAD TURNED HIS BACK FOR A MOMENT THE POST SAYS THE GIRL’S SCREAMS ALERTED DAD IN TIME TO STOP THE SUSPECTS FROM GETTING AWAY. >> STUFF IS HAPPENING PRETTY MUCH IN OUR BACKYARD, AND NOT HAVING ANY IDEA ABOUT IT, IT’S VERY SCARY, IT’S REALLY SCARY CAMILA: BELIEVING THE CALLS TO BE RELATED, OFFICERS ARRESTED 34-YEAR-OLD ROBERT WILLIAMS AND 32-YEAR-OLD ANTONIO JOHNSO WILLIAMS AND JOHNSON WILL BE IN COURT TOMORROW MORNING. THEY’RE BOTH FACING A NUMBER OF CHARGES INCLUDING CHIL KIDNAPPING AND ATTEMPTED SEXUAL ASSAULT. BOTH MEN HAVE LENGTHY CRIMINAL HISTORIES. REPORTING LIVE NEAR 66TH AND BLONDO, CAMILA ORTI, KETV NEWSWATC

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Two attempted abductions end with a couple of arrests in the Benson area, officials say. Robert Williams, 34, and Antonio Johnson, 32, are now facing charges after reportedly snatching a young girl from her family’s yard over the weekend, moments after police believe they tried to entice a 15-year-old. Parents at Benson Lions Park are watching their kids a little bit closer after a Saturday incident rattled the neighborhood. “All of a sudden I just see a car by the street,” Anna Martinez said. The 15-year-old told KETV NewsWatch 7 that she was walking through the park to the Blondo Food Mart with her brother and three other kids when a man pulled up and got out of his car. “He was like, ‘do you need a ride,’ we were like, ‘oh no, we’re just going down to the little market,’” Martinez said. Martinez said the man followed them into the store and tried to get her to leave with him again. “He was like, ‘you know what, those boys are grown, they can go walking by themselves, how come you don’t come with me,’ and I was like no, no,” Martinez said. The teen alerted the store clerk, who dialed 911. That’s when the man left, Martinez said. “I felt scared, I felt like is this the last time I’m gonna see my brother and my cousins and my family,” Martinez said. The men didn’t get far. Police responded to another call near 66th and Maple Streets, less than a mile from the Blondo Food Mart. A Facebook post indicates that one of the men grabbed a 5-year-old girl playing in a yard while her dad “turned his back for a moment.”The post says the girl’s screams got her dad’s attention in time to stop the suspects from getting away. Other parents in the neighborhood say the thought of having a child taken from your own property is chilling. “Stuff is happening pretty much in our backyard, and not having any idea about it- it’s very scary,” neighborhood parent Aubryna Booton said. Investigators believe the calls are related, and arrested Williams and Johnson. Williams is facing kidnapping, attempted first degree sexual assault of a child and conspiracy charges, and Johnson is facing two counts of conspiracy. The suspects are scheduled to be in court Tuesday.