Police Release Sketch In Attempted Child Kidnapping

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The Cherokee Sheriff’s Office has released a composite sketch of the suspect allegedly involved in an attempted kidnapping of a child at a bus stop Tuesday morning.

Detectives with the agency continue to investigate the incident, which occurred around 8 a.m. Sept. 1 on Deer Hollow Drive, which is located in the Wyngate neighborhood.

Investigators are also looking for the SUV in question, which is described as a two-door white vehicle, possibly with red paint, rust or red dirt on the bottom side of its driver’s side door.

The vehicle is also described as having black rims and a slight tint on the window, the agency said.

According to an email sent by the Cherokee County School District, the child allegedly targeted is a student at E.T. Booth Middle School was “waiting at the bus stop when approached by an unknown white male in a white SUV.”

“The child refused to enter the vehicle and returned home,” the school system said.

The alleged driver is described as a clean-shaven white male with short, gray hair. The man was wearing sunglasses with a circular frame and either a grey or brown T-shirt that may have had its sleeves partially removed.

The man was also described as sporting a black tattoo on his left bicep that resembled a possible tribal marking.

The tag of the vehicle is unknown, but the SUV is described as resembling a Mercury Mountaineer, an older model two-door Ford Explorer or Honda Element.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office at 770-928-0239.

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Photo credits: Cherokee Sheriff’s Office