LEWISTON — A Lewiston man is accused of attempting to abduct a 3-year-old child Wednesday on Lisbon Street while the children were walking with their mother, police said in a Facebook post.

Firmino Figueira, 33, was arrested early Thursday on charges of operating under the influence of alcohol, terrorizing, operating a vehicle without a license and criminal restraint.

On Wednesday at approximately 5:40 p.m., Lewiston police responded to the area of 200 Lisbon St. following a report of an attempted child abduction.

A woman reported that while walking with her children, an unknown male approached her family and aggressively picked up her 3-year-old child. She confronted the man and demanded he release the child, at which point he put the child down and claimed he was “just joking,” Lewiston police wrote in the post.

Surveillance footage captured the suspect in multiple locations, wearing distinctive clothing, according to police. Police conducted a search of the area and continued efforts into the night to locate the individual.

At about 1:20 a.m. Thursday, officers were dispatched to a local bar for a report of a male driving erratically through the parking lot. Upon arrival, officers found bar staff had intervened and stopped the vehicle. The male appeared highly intoxicated and was detained for further evaluation, police wrote. While at the police station, he threatened officers and was determined to be extremely intoxicated.

Further investigation, including a review of surveillance footage, linked Figueira’s vehicle — found at the bar — to the same one the attempted abduction suspect entered earlier that day, police wrote.

Lewiston police are continuing to investigate.

Figueira remained at the Androscoggin County Jail on Friday. He is being held in lieu of $5,000 cash bail on the criminal restraint charge, and $300 bail for the other charges. He is also being held on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer without bail, a corrections officer said.