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A Texas woman has been arrested for attempted kidnapping after she walked off with a four-year-old girl inside a Walmart in San Antonio, telling the mother: 'Just because she's yours, doesn't mean I can't take her.'
The horrifying ordeal happened on Monday at the Walmart on Potranco Road when the 28-year-old mother, whose name was not released, was shopping in the store's aisles with her two daughters.
Jessica Vega, 35, walked up to the shopping cart, pushed the older daughter's hands off the handle and started walking away as the younger daughter still sat in the child seat, officials said, KTSA News reported.
As the distraught mother saw her daughter being carted off by a complete stranger she confronted Vega, who would not give back her daughter back.
Vega fled on foot as soon as police arrived, but was later apprehended.
The little girl was unharmed and the mother, clearly shaken, left the store with her baby and her older daughter in tow.
There was enough evidence to have a warrant placed on Vega for attempted kidnapping.
Officers from the San Antonio Police Department took Vega into custody hours later, after an unknown caller called the cops informing them of her location.
She was taken into custody and charged with attempted kidnapping. She is currently being held at the Bexar County jail.