UPDATE: Arrest Made and Suspect Identified in Attempted Bemidji Abduction

BEMIDJI, MN (trfnews.i234.me) Bemidji Police say they’ve arrested a suspect in connection to an attempted abduction last weekend.
this now in out of bemidji an arrest has been made of a suspect in an attempted abduction last weekend uh this from captain david lazella quote uh detectives completed a comprehensive and thorough investigation into an attempted abduction near cameron park on june 26 through patient and diligent work detectives identified michael wayne peterson age 21 of bemidji as the suspect as a result of identification detectives have arrested and taken peterson into custody bemidji police department would like to thank beltrami county sheriff’s office uh minnesota bureau of criminal apprehension bemidji state university and the entire community for all the assistance provided in this serious incident again uh 21 year old michael wayne peterson of bemidji is in custody as the suspect in an attempted abduction last weekend for background on this story here’s our report from last weekend bemidji police are looking for a suspect in an attempted abduction this from bemidji police quote on sunday 6 25 pm they were dispatched to the area of cameron park on a report of an attempted abduction upon arrival police officers spoke with two juvenile females they stated they were walking down the paved entrance road into cameron park when they were approached by a younger male who asked them to walk into the woods to look at a snake as the juveniles spoke with him they became nervous and began to walk away he followed them and at one point wrapped his arm around one of the females and attempted to pick her up both juveniles started to scream which caused the male to let go and run away from the area to the northwest again 21 year old michael wayne peterson of bemidji now arrested as a suspect in this case i’m the old carlson reporting for trfnews.i234.me