Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Police are looking for the driver of a white truck who allegedly tried to coax a girl into his vehicle in Greenbelt West.
A 12-year-old girl has positively identified the truck in a police photo as the alleged suspect's vehicle in a possible abduction attempt, according to officer Kelly Lawson, Greenbelt police spokesperson. A man with dreadlocks in a white truck allegedly tried to coax the girl into his vehicle, according to Greenbelt police. Last Thursday, police released a photo of a truck that the suspect may have been driving. "The man a number of times repeatedly asked her to come over to the vehicle and she resisted," said Capt. Thomas Kemp, Greenbelt police spokesman. The girl was waiting for a ride to her middle school at about 8:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 10, in the area of Springhill Drive and Edmonston Road, said Kemp, who added that her school was …
Friday, September 14, 2012
Capt. Thomas Kemp advises children and teens that "if something doesn't seem right, they should pick up on that instinct and not dismiss it."
That well-worn phrase your mother always repeated to you growing up—never talk to strangers—is key advice, when it comes to avoiding abduction. Greenbelt Capt. Thomas Kemp said that young people are savvy and "they should go with their instincts on not trusting strangers." Police continue to investigate a possible child abduction attempt after a man allegedly tried to coax a 12-year old girl into his vehicle in the area of Springhill Drive and Edmonston Road Monday, Greenbelt Police Department said in a release. "The man, a number of times, repeatedly asked her to come over to the vehicle and she resisted," Kemp said on Thursday, when police released a photo of a white truck they say was in the area the time the incident occurred. …
Thursday, September 13, 2012
"The man a number of times repeatedly asked her to come over to the vehicle and she resisted," said Capt. Thomas Kemp, Greenbelt Police spokesman.
The Greenbelt Police Department is investigating a possible abduction attempt, according to a press release, after a man with dreadlocks in a white truck allegedly tried to coax a 12-year old girl into his vehicle in Greenbelt. Police have released a photo of the truck that the suspect may have been driving. "The man a number of times repeatedly asked her to come over to the vehicle and she resisted," said Capt. Thomas Kemp, Greenbelt Police spokesman. The girl was waiting for a ride to her middle school, but she was not a student at Greenbelt Middle School, said Kemp. It was about 8:30 a.m. Monday in the area of Springhill Drive and Edmonston Road. He said one of the city's cameras in Franklin Park captured a photograph of a vehicle, …
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
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