WICHITA FALLS ( KFDX/KJTL ) — A man arrested last week after police said he tried to run over people on the sidewalk in front of the Faith Mission shelter is now charged with an incident involving a boy on Brook Avenue just before the incident at Faith Mission.

Albert Edmonds, 60, is charged with criminal solicitation of a minor (indecency with sexual contact), four counts of aggravated assault for the Faith Mission incident, and a previous charge of terroristic threat. His bonds total $67,000.

The alleged confrontation with the young teenager at Brook and Dayton went out to police as a possible attempted child abduction at 6:50 p.m. on Monday, April 15, 2024.

A witness reported a man in a green pickup with a lawn mower in the bed had grabbed a boy and was kissing him.

Other witnesses told police about hearing yelling and screaming and seeing a Black male being confronted by other people. Two witnesses took down the license number or took photos of the truck before it left the scene.

One witness told police she was at a family gathering when the victim ran up to them crying and very upset, and some members of her family confronted the pickup driver and took a photo of his truck.

A few minutes after police arrived on the scene, other police responded to 1300 Travis at Faith Mission on reports of a green pickup with a lawn mower in the back trying to run over people.

One victim told officers the man got mad, and he drove onto the yard and then the sidewalk toward him and others, all of whom were able to jump out of the way.

Police reviewed surveillance video of the incident and matched the driver as the same suspect involved in the Brook incident.

Edmonds was arrested later in the pickup on Martin Luther King Blvd. Police said he admitted to being in the area on Travis and that earlier, he had been confronted by a group of people, but he would not comment on why he was confronted.

In a forensic interview the next day, the victim on Brook said he was walking home when the driver of a green truck called him over.

The victim told authorities that when the driver got close, he grabbed his shoulders, began kissing him, and asked him to do inappropriate things. He said the man tried to pull him inside the truck but he was able to get away.

Edmonds has previous arrests for resisting arrest, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and several for public intoxication.

This is a developing story. Stick with Texoma’s Homepage for updates as more information becomes available. All individuals charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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