Woman wanted for attempting to kidnap four-year-old boy in California Target

Los Angeles police are looking for a woman who they say tried to kidnap a four-year-old boy from a Target.

The unidentified woman tried to abduct the boy from the Westlake Target on Sunday.

Officials say the woman walked up behind the child and 'forcefully grabbed him' before carrying him outside the store.

The boy's parents confronted the woman, who then put the child down and ran away from the area.

The woman is described as about 40 years old, 5'5, and around 150 pounds.

Los Angeles police are looking for a woman who they say tried to kidnap a four-year-old boy from a Target

Officials say the woman walked up behind the child and 'forcefully grabbed him' before carrying him outside the store

She was wearing a brown jacket, a black shirt and jeans with white and black shoes, according to the LAPD.

Anyone with information on the suspect has been asked to contact LA detectives at (213) 382-9437.

Last month, a Florida man was arrested in a similar incident after allegedly trying to abduct a child.

Pablo Pintueles Hernandez, 64, was charged with kidnapping and false imprisonment of a child after he was filmed allegedly grabbing the boy and trying to walk away with him at the store Lehigh Acres near Fort Myers on December 29.

Lee County Sheriff's Deputies viewed the footage and said the stranger walked up to the four-year-old shopping with his family and grabbed his wrist.

Pintueles Hernandez allegedly stated 'let's go' and tried to pull him away before a family member intervened.

Anyone with information on the suspect has been asked to contact LA detectives at (213) 382-9437

Cops worked with Real Time Intelligence Center Analysts to identify the suspect and arrested him in the early hours of the next day.

'What this criminal did is incredibly disturbing,' said Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno.

'I never want anyone in Lee County to feel unsafe, especially going on a simple shopping trip. My team will stop at NOTHING to ensure criminals like this face the consequences of their actions.'

According to the arrest report, the four-year-old boy was at the store with his mother and sister. His sister was the one who intervened and pulled the boy back.

The mother told police she was at the store with her children and she did not give anyone permission to speak or touch her children.

The report said Pintueles Hernandez and his wife Odalis Vaillant Leyva identified themselves in the surveillance footage.

The couple finished shopping and left the store in a car registered to Leyva, that cops used to track them down.