Pasco Sheriff Seeks Man Who Tried To Lure Girl Into Car

LAND O' LAKES, FL -- The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man who tried to lure an Academy of The Lakes student into his car on Monday.

According to the sheriff's office, the girl was approached by a man in the parking lot of the academy on Collier Parkway just after 10 a.m. June 17. The girl said the man waved her over and said, "Come over here; get in the car."

Instead, the girl said she had someplace to go and hurried to the academy office where she reported the incident.

The man is described as a heavy-set black man with dreadlocks wearing a black T-shirt and driving a gray 2014 Toyota Corolla, which was caught on surveillance cameras. None of the staff at the academy recognized the car.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Pasco County Sheriff's Office at 1-800-706-2488 and reference case number #19-025069.