Youngsville man arrested, accused of assaulting 11-year-old girl in Walmart

Police have accused Raymond Leonard Mancini of harassing the girl sometime after 9:30 p.m. inside the aisles of the Walmart on South Main Street. After the incident, he fled the building, according to officials.

He was charged with second-degree kidnapping and taking indecent liberties with a child. He has his first court appearance at 2 p.m. on Monday.

Holly Haag said she was in an aisle looking at Insta Pots, while her daughter looked at cups feet away.

While separated, a man approached her child.

"He followed my daughter and went up to her and says, 'Sorry, I have to do this,'" recalled Haag.

Haag said the man grabbed her daughter and tried to pull down her pants.

"She screamed, 'Mom!' He put his hands up and says, 'I'm leaving now.' And she was terrified," said Haag.

The girl was not hurt in the incident, which is under investigation.

"The safety of our customers is something we take seriously," said Tyler Thomason, senior manager at Walmart Corporate Communications.

He said that the store did initiate a lockdown once notified of the attempted assault, and assisted law enforcement in finding the suspect.

Haag said she wanted to go public about what happened to warn others.

"I wanted to make sure he is caught. I don't want this to happen to any other family or any other child," she said.

Mancini is being held at the Wake County Detention Center on a $50,000 secured bond.