10-Year-Old Brick Girl Escapes Abduction Attempt By 2 Men, Police Say

Brick Township police are seeking the public’s help in locating two men who attempted to abduct a 10-year-old girl who was playing hide-and-seek with friends Saturday evening near her home.

Brick Township Capt. Ronald Dougard Jr. said police were called to the Waterside Gardens apartment complex, off Drum Point Road, about 9 p.m. Saturday.

The girl, who lives in the complex, told Officer Mike Miller that she was playing hide-and-seek with her friends when two mem called over for her to come to them. When she refused, they followed her, she told the officer. One got close enough to her and told her that if she didn’t go with them, he would force her to go with him, she told the officer. The man then grabbed her by the arm but she pulled away and ran away from the subjects, the girl told Miller, Dougard said. The males ran in the opposite direction and entered a running minivan and drove away, he said.

Dougard said the subjects are described as follows:

The first is a white male wearing a N.Y. Yankees baseball hat, a blue tank top shirt and blue jeans. He was described as having tattoos covering both of his arms, to his wrists. He smelled of alcohol and body odor.

The second is a white male who was dressed in white cargo shorts, a tan shirt and wore glasses. He was wearing an unknown colored baseball hat. He may have had a tattoo on his right bicep.

The two drove off in a vehicle that was described as a dirty, blue-colored minivan with silver rims, Dougard said.

Detective Bob Shepherd of the Brick Township is investigating. Anyone who may have information please call the Police Department at 732 262-1100 or Detective Shepherd at 732-262-1121.