{"id":208238,"date":"2026-03-07T01:22:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T01:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/208238\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T01:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T01:22:32","slug":"mother-and-daughter-fight-off-attacker-in-brazen-anaheim-kidnapping-attempt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/208238\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother and daughter fight off attacker in brazen Anaheim kidnapping attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A mother and her 15-year-old daughter fought off a man who allegedly lunged from bushes and attempted to pull them away while threatening sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gudino was apprehended without incident within two hours of the attack and faces charges of kidnapping and attempted sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police credited the mother and daughter&#8217;s quick thinking and vigilance that led to the suspect&#8217;s arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ANAHEIM, Calif. &#8211; A man is in custody after a harrowing attempted kidnapping in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/orange-county\/anaheim\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Anaheim;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Anaheim<\/a> Wednesday afternoon thwarted by a vigilant mother and her teenage daughter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The incident occurred around noon near the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and East Street, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An investigation revealed the mother and her 15-year-old daughter were walking on the sidewalk when the suspect, identified as Jose Gudino, allegedly jumped out of the bushes and ambushed them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The mother and daughter managed to break free from his grasp and immediately called 911 with a detailed physical description.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gudino was located and arrested by police within two hours. He was booked on felony charges including kidnapping and attempted sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What&#8217;s next<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gudino remains in custody as the Orange County District Attorney\u2019s office reviews the case for formal filing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators are looking into whether Gudino has any connection to similar unsolved incidents in the North Orange County area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What you can do<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If you witnessed this incident or have additional surveillance footage from the area, you are urged to contact the Anaheim PD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Local authorities are also reminding residents to remain vigilant of their surroundings and to call 911 immediately if they observe suspicious behavior or feel they are being followed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This report is based on information from the Anaheim Police Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief A mother and her 15-year-old daughter fought off a man who allegedly lunged from bushes and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,95072,15149,2531],"class_list":["post-208238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-jose-gudino","tag-mother-and-daughter","tag-sexual-assault"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}