Los Angeles County Lifeguards assist in kidnap child’s return for second time in a year

Los Angeles County Lifeguard Captain Gevorg Akopyan recalls preventing a kidnapping on the beach in Santa Monica during last month’s Lifeguard Medal of Valor Dinner at the King Harbor Yacht Club. Another lifeguard, who has not been identified, helped recover a kidnapped child Tuesday morning in Hermosa Beach. Photo by Kevin Cody.
by Kevin CodyA four-year-old boy abducted from his grandfather’s Hawthorne home Tuesday evening was located by a Los Angeles County Lifeguard about 9 a.m. Wednesday morning on the beach, at Second Street in Hermosa Beach.Lifeguard Battalion Chief AJ Lester said lifeguards had received a bulletin from Hawthorne Police asking local public safety agencies to assist in finding the child, and the adult male abductor. Lester declined to identify the lifeguard, who had been patrolling the bea
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