By Cathy Locke
clocke@sacbee.com
A Woodland woman was arrested this afternoon on suspicion of kidnapping a 2-year-old child.
Woodland police officers were called to a home in the 100 block of First Street at 2:07 p.m. on a report of an attempted kidnapping that had just occurred.
They were told that a woman, later identified as Heather Marie Duffy, 28, had walked through a closed but unlocked wrought iron gate, walked about 20 feet onto the property and picked up a 2-year-old child.
The child was playing with two other young children.
As Duffy started to walk toward the sidewalk, she was confronted by the child's great grandmother, who just minutes earlier had stepped out of the gated area, according to a Police Department news release.
The great grandmother said she had closed the gate as she stepped out, making sure it was latched but not locked.
Duffy was reluctant to hand over the child, and the great grandmother pulled the youngster away from her, the new release says.
Duffy walked south to North Street, then to Elm Street where she was stopped by officers. Witnesses identified her as the person who had allegedly taken the child and she was subsequently arrested.
Duffy was booked into the Monroe Detention Center and is being held on $100,000 bail.
The child was not injured.
Police said this case does not appear to be related to recent incidents in which a man has attempted to contact children on their way home from school.
Call The Bee's Cathy Locke, (916) 321-5287.
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