"I was just trying to help," said the soft-spoken Edwin, who was shopping with his own mother at the time of his arrest, in an exclusive interview today with "Good Morning America."
Surveillance video of the incident at a Burlington Coat Factory shows Edwin walking out of the store with the little girl. He later told police that he thought her mother left the store without her.
Shortly after that, the little girl's panicked mother headed outside, found her daughter with Edwin and returned to the store. Edwin then rejoined his mother and continues shopping -- until a few minutes later when police show up and put him in handcuffs.
