Police are searching for a man who allegedly tried to abduct a 10-year-old girl in Cannon Falls Sunday.

About 4 p.m., a man "grabbed and carried her while running" across Lower Hannah's Bend Park, according to a Cannon Falls police department news release.

"She was able to get away after he put her down to catch his breath," the release said.

The suspect is described as a white male in his 20s, 6 feet tall, about 180 pounds, dark brown hair, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with a white or yellow cartoon animal drawing on one side, wearing pink framed sunglasses, light color denim jeans with holes on the knees, and dirty black work boots.

Police are asking anyone who was near the park, Cannon Valley Fairgrounds or the bike trail from Cannon Falls to Lake Byllesby between 3 and 5 p.m. Sunday to contact them at 507-263-2278.

Karen Zamora • 612-673-4647

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