police arrested alfonso david edington at the b.a.r.t. station an hour after he took the child. ktvu's ann rubin is in milpitas where she talked to a bus driver who stopped the abduction. >> reporter: alfonso david edington of pittsburg is in custody accused of abducting a three-year-old. he was apprehended here. authorities say he was carrying the child and they had to pry him away. the driver realized what was going on. >> all the parents that are asking for their child to be brought back home. that came to my mind. they were going to be in front of the camera if he got away with it. >> reporter: authorities believe he took the child from the library in milpitas. he then boarded a bus. the driver says it wasn't the suspect that caught his eye. it was the child. he looked at the alert and then the boy and realized it was a match. >> i hit the break. i said i am looking for a green backpack. i wanted to observe the man. sure enough, the red shoes. >> reporter: authorities say the three-year-old was unharmed and reunited with his family. police credit his quick thinking. >> bus dr

four months ago alfonso david edington assaulted a man on a sidewalk. d the victim said he knew he had mental health issues. >> reporter: alfonso david edington kept his face down when he went before a judge accused of kidnapping a three- year-old boy from a library on friday. he didn't know the boy and credited an alert driver for the boy's safe return. >> after he did time served and he is let go, my wife and i thought he is going to do some other crazy thing. >> reporter: he knows all about his behavior. >> he was crossing the street and stopped me in the middle. >> reporter: in february he was out getting coffee when out of nowhere he sucker punched him while crash the

. >> reporter: alfonso david edington kept his face down when he went before a judge accused of kidnapping a three- year-old boy from a library on friday. he didn't know the boy and credited an alert driver for the boy's safe return. >> after he did time served and he is let go, my wife and i thought he is going to do some other crazy thing. >> reporter: he knows all about his behavior. >> he was crossing the street and stopped me in the middle. >> reporter: in february he was out getting coffee when out of nowhere he sucker punched him while crash the street -- crossing the street. he accused him of taking his wallet and took off. . >> he seemed off and he seemed confused. very bizarre. there is no crime here. >> reporter: he chased him before police arrested him. he pressed charges hoping he would get help. something he believes the courts didn't take seriously. he pled no contest in that case. serving 5 days in jail. >> that doesn't give him a chance to get the help he needed. it doesn't seem like anybody really said what is going on with this kid. >> reporter: today the da held off on

. >> reporter: police have 23- year-old alfonso david edington in custody. accused of taking the three- year-old from the library. this started about 10:40 a.m. a mother lost sight of her child. a witness reported seeing the boy leave with a stranger. police say the two ended up on a bus heading from the great mall to the b.a.r.t. station. when the driver discovered they were on the bus he alerted authorities and drove as slowly as he could till police cowl arrive and -- could arrive and make the arrest. >> go 40 miles per hour, 35 miles per hour. i am slow rolling down mission. >> the bus driver is a hero. absolute hero. the bus driver being just alert. >> one other point here after this happened the bus driver was shaken up and he went to the back of the bus and he sat down to gather his thoughts about everything that just happened. that was ann rubin from milpitas. more from her at 6:00 p.m. >>> a developing story now from the a's game in boston. scary moments. half hour ago a fan was hit by a piece of broken bat. the bat broke and went flying into the st

he said the man now identified as 23-year-old alfonso david edington of pittsburg began to get off with the boy at the fremont b.a.r.t. station but police were waiting. >> i opened my door once slowly giving him time to get prepped and ready to go and opened up door two the gentleman walks out. calm, cool, collected as could be and they take him down on the spot. >> there was an emotional reunion with the boy and his parents at police headquarters that's when it began to sink in. >> and then that's when my own kids came to mind and i just broke down. i couldn't even hold myself. i had to go inside the bus and just reflect. >> reporter: police say the suspect had no connections to the family and now they want to know his intentions when he snatched the boy from the children's section of the library. in mill peet tamilpitas, allen wong. >>> san mateo police are looking for a man who robbed a woman in her driveway. police say he ran up to the victim with a gun and demanded money and jewelry. the woman was not injured during the incident. the suspect was able to take off on foot and he's id