Driver Followed Juvenile Girl In Takoma Park: Police

TAKOMA PARK, MD — Takoma Park Police are investigating a suspicious situation involving a minor that occurred at about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.

A female minor child was walking from her home to her friend's home in the 7400 block of Hancock Avenue. As the middle school aged-girl crossed the street at Carroll Avenue, a man who was driving in a vehicle stopped and asked her if she wanted a ride. The child began to run on Carroll Avenue to Sherman Avenue and then to her friend's house where she called her mother, police said.

While she was running, a witness saw the vehicle follow her. The witness intervened and asked the driver what he wanted, police said. The man then drove off on Carroll Avenue toward Ethan Allen Avenue.

Police describe the subject as a black male in his early 30's, dark skinned with a thin face, shadow beard and cornrows. He was last seen wearing a yellow florescent construction vest with vertical stripes over a white t-shirt. He was driving a black, 4-door Toyota with unknown DC tags with damage to the rear of the vehicle.

Investigation continues under case #1700539723. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to please call us at 301-270-1100.

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