Bellevue man charged with kidnapping after boy is threatened at mall

Published 2:14 pm Thursday, September 24, 2009

BELLEVUE — A man accused of threatening a boy with a knife in a restroom at Crossroads mall in Bellevue has been charged with kidnapping with sexual motivation.

The 19-year-old Bellevue man, David Harry Alumbaugh, was charged Wednesday in King County Superior Court and is held on $250,000 bail for his Oct. 7 arraignment.

Bellevue police said a man forced the boy into a stall Saturday and exposed himself. The man fled when someone else entered the restroom.

The suspect was arrested walking near the mall.