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Solomon Galligan was arrested Friday after police said he tried to grab a child at Black Forest Hills Elementary School.
AURORA, Colo. — When a man came onto elementary school property last week and tried to grab a child, the other children ran and yelled “stranger danger!”, according to the arrest affidavit for the suspect.
Solomon Galligan, 33, was caught on surveillance video coming onto a field at Black Forest Hills Elementary School where school children were playing around 2:20 p.m. Friday, according to the Aurora Police affidavit.
The video shows Galligan walk up to children in a field. A few seconds later, the children were seen running after Galligan lunges toward them, the affidavit states.
The video shows that as the children ran, the suspect attempted to grab one of the students. The child was able to run away after Galligan tripped over a white blanket he was carrying. He got up and continued toward the child, according to the affidavit.
Witnesses told police that the children yelled “stranger danger” to alert adults, and the suspect stopped walking toward the child, the affidavit says. He left school grounds and headed east.
The sole child whom the man went after told police the man was wearing a blue hoodie and dark pants and had long dreadlocks, according to the affidavit. The child told police the man had white powder on his face and smelled like alcohol.
A short while later, a parent called school staff and said they saw a man matching the man’s description at the Walgreens at East Smoky Hill Road and South Aurora Parkway, the affidavit says.
Officers went to the Walgreens and contacted Galligan, who requested he be taken to a hospital, claiming that he had been assaulted, the affidavit says. After being taken to an AdventHealth facility, an officer ran a background check and discovered that Galligan was a registered sex offender, the affidavit says.
Galligan was convicted in 2011 on a charge of nonconsent sexual contact, according to the affidavit.
Galligan was arrested by Aurora Police on suspicion of second-degree kidnapping. He’s being held in the Arapahoe County jail under $25,000 cash or surety bond. He’s scheduled to be in court on Wednesday.
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