Capitol Police were called to the museum just after 11 a.m. when they got a report from museum staffers that a man had allegedly grabbed a 2-year-old girl and attempted to leave the building with her. 

A museum receptionist saw the incident, intervened, and the girl was released.

The child was with her grandmother at the time. The grandmother had turned her back to hang up coats in the museum’s coat room when the incident reportedly took place.

Capitol Police found Cavallaro in the parking lot and took him into custody without resistance. Cavallaro was out on bail on an unrelated charge from Sagadahoc County.

Capitol Police is the bureau of the Maine Department of Public Safety that provides security and police services to the State House and other state buildings around Augusta.