Guatemalan man jailed, attempted kidnapping of AL woman & trying to entice teen

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Jasper Police Chief J.C. Poe identified the suspect as Bernardo Castro-Gabriel, 22, also known as Omar Sanchez.

The victim, whose name and age aren't being released, was jogging on the park's track when police say the suspect - later identified as Castro-Gabriel - grabbed her and pulled her to the ground by her ponytail.

He then dragged her to his car which was parked close to the track, Poe said. "He was dragging her to the car, opened the door and she continued to kick him and broke free and ran away,'' the chief said.

Poe said Castro-Gabriel has been in the U.S. illegally for about five years, four of those in Alabama. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been called in and is working to get an immigration detainer on him.

He also is charged by the Walker County Sheriff's Office with enticing a child for immoral purposes.

Court records state Castro-Gabriel on Wednesday tried to lure a 14-year-old girl into his car on Evans Road. According to the criminal complaint, he did, with lascivious intent, trying to get the girl in his car for sexual purposes.

Walker County Sheriff Jim Underwood said that incident happened while the teen girl was waiting for her friends at a school bus stop. A neighbor saw what was happening and went outside to help the girl. The teen was able to get the suspect's car tag number, and sheriff's deputies were already searching for him when they got word of the incident at the park.

Underwood said Castro-Gabriel was the primary suspect several years ago when a 12-year-old Hispanic girl vanished from the Domaine mobile home park in Walker County. The girl was later found by police walking down a street in Arizona and returned to her family. "He was a person of interest. We suspected it may have been a human trafficking case and suspected he was the one who transported her to Arizona,'' the sheriff said.

Castro-Gabriel went before a judge Friday afternoon where his bond was set at $500,000 on each charge for a $1 million total cash bond.