Florida police tried to purchase a young girl from her parents at grocery store

United States: The Florida police officials stated that a man allegedly tried to “purchase” a young girl from her parents at a grocery store for $100,000.

The incident took place on August 16 at the Port Orange Winn Dixie grocery store when Hellmuth Kolb allegedly attempted to purchase the child away from their parents, as per the information shared by the Port Orange Police Department.

The police officials opened an investigation into the incident after the parents notified them of the incident.

Along with this, Kolb was detained on August 25 and was taken to the Volusia County Branch Jail, according to police officials.

Police also helped Klob, who is a registered sex offender, is on probation for ‘similar issues,’ and is not allowed to have any contact with the minor children.

However, the man allegedly went up to a woman in 2018 at a Walmart store and offered $200,000 to buy her eight-year-old daughter, according to the sources.

Data shared by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children revealed that there were about 917,771 registered sex offenders in the United States of America and its territories, as per the report published by sources. However, similar incidents have been reported in different parts of the nation.

In the month of January, Crockett, Texas, was accused of trying to buy a baby in Walmart. The mother shared the information with the police officials that the woman came up to her while she was waiting at the self-checkout line with her 1-year-old son sitting in the shopping cart.

The woman made comments on the appearance of the baby and mentioned in the statement that she had $250,000 in her car that she would offer in exchange for the baby, as per the police officials. After the mother refused, the woman confronted her again in the parking lot and offered to give her $500,000.