A scary incident in Grass Valley involving a 10 year-old girl. Police Lieutenant Steve Johnson says the girl was walking home from school Wednesday afternoon, near Condon Park when she says she noticed a man following her and asking her where she lived. She refused tell him…

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Johnson says the man continued to demand that the girl tell him where she lived, while also making threats…

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Johnson says the girl then ran home and the man stopped following her. She was not injured. But thanks to a good description, police located and arrested 45-year-old Christian Stevens of Yakima, Washington. Officers say they also found a claw hammer and a knife hidden on Stevens. Johnson says Stevens had been driving between Southern California and Washington and it’s not known why he stopped in Grass Valley. He’s facing charges of battery, false imprisonment, possession of concealed weapons, and annoying a child.