The sheriff's office forwarded a report accusing the boy of luring, but the prosecutor's office decided not to file charges in that case, Barkdull said.
"It did not meet the elements of luring," Barkdull said. "We re-reviewed it and I stand by the decision.
Barkdull said the previous incident also occurred in Sprague.
The 15-year-old boy, whose name has not been released, is scheduled to appear in Lincoln County Superior Court in Davenport on Friday afternoon. Barkdull said he has not made a charging decision yet.
According to a document involving last year's incident released Thursday by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, the responding deputy spoke with a woman who had phoned in the luring report involving her 11-year-old son.
She said that the suspect had taken her son by the hand and walked away from her residence. She questioned him and the suspect let go, the report said.
Meanwhile, residents of Sprague expressed relief Thursday that an arrest has been made in the attempted kidnapping of the 22-month-old toddler from a city park— an incident that drew wide attention after it was caught on surveillance video.
"They're so relieved," said Dorothy Giddings, an antique store owner who was involved in the rescue of the toddler on Sunday. "The only sad part is it is a young boy who lives here in town."
The parents of the toddler expressed praise for their two older children, who chased the kidnapper and screamed for help.
"They have a motherly instinct," Michael Wright told The Spokesman-Review about his two older children. "We're going to watch each other closer and even more diligently than we did before."
Giddings said the 15-year-old boy lived with his family but did not socialize much with other teenagers. He apparently wore a disguise during the attempted abduction to mask his identity, she said.
Authorities announced the arrest on Wednesday afternoon, culminating a tense four days in Sprague.
Source: MSN News
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