81-Year-Old Man Arrested For Trying To Buy An 8-Year-Old Girl From $200,000 From Her Mom

This 81 year-old Florida man is arrested by police after he allegedly attempted to buy an 8-year-old girl for $200,000 while shopping at Walmart, Port Orange police said.


Hellmuth Kolb was arrested on Saturday after a woman claimed he approached her while she was sitting on a bench inside the Port Orange Walmart with her daughter, according to WKMG TV.

Police said Tracy Nigh was sitting on a bench inside the Walmart on Dunlawton Avenue with her daughter when she said Hellmuth Kolb approached them.

Kolb then began asking Nigh several times if she would take money in exchange for her daughter.

"The first amount was $100,000, the second amount was $150,000 and then the final amount was $200,000," Nigh said. "I then said No! we have to go."

He admitted complimenting the woman, but said he did not remember grabbing her daughter, according to WNDB radio.

Kolb is charged with simple battery and false imprisonment. He was booked into the Volusia County Jail on Saturday.