Boy, 13, issues staggering excuse after being arrested for trying to kidnap two women - as eerie picture shows him lurking outside one of their homes

A 13-year-old boy has been arrested aft he allegedly attempted to kidnap 2 women in Vero Beach, southeast Florida, after his mother recognized nan creepy photograph released by constabulary showing him hovering extracurricular nan homes of his alleged victims.

The teen, whose sanction has not been revealed, has been charged pinch 1 count of attempted kidnapping aft approaching nan women connected July 2 and 7.

The alleged incidents occurred successful the Pointe West vicinity westbound of Vero Beach.

Both women were capable to get distant from nan teen by screaming, pushing aliases running.

When nan boy was questioned by constabulary he told officers that he was successful a 'dream-like' state. 

Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers said pursuing an question and reply pinch nan teen, officers judge nan boy has intelligence problems.

'We asked him, is it sexual, what is it? Why is it that you did this?' Sheriff Flowers explained to NBC6.

'His communicative was that he felt for illustration he was successful a dream-like state, that he was watching himself from above, that he didn't cognize if it was existent aliases it was a dream… We judge that his intent was decidedly more.'

During nan 2nd incident, nan boy revealed that he had been carrying a weapon astatine nan time. 

So far, nan teen has only been charged pinch 1 count of attempted kidnapping though constabulary cognize of a 3rd incident successful which nan aforesaid boy followed her location while she had been stepping her canine and past banged connected her door. 

Surveillance images showing nan teen stalking nan vicinity led investigators to him. 

The child's mother later confronted her boy aft she appeared to admit him successful nan still images from nan surveillance footage. 

'There's nary belief that he's connected drugs, but I'll show you, mom sat successful our room coming and talked astir really he is simply a compulsive liar, that he believes his ain lies, that he's been that measurement since he was 5 years old, that she can't spot thing that he has to say,' Sheriff Flowers said. 

'We judge that he decidedly has immoderate issues, immoderate intelligence wellness issues… that will beryllium thing that nan courts will beryllium looking at.'