Carmel Police Investigating 2 Possible Luring Incidents

CARMEL, NY — Police in Putnam County are investigating a couple of suspicious incidents that involved a white man in his 30s and his interaction with children in the hamlet of Carmel. Town of Carmel police said that responded to a report of a suspicious incident Friday in a residential neighborhood off State Route 301 in Carmel.

The mother of a 5-year-old girl called the police to say that the driver of the suspicious vehicle stopped next to the child as she walked up the road and asked where she lived.

The au pair watching the child noticed something was wrong and went outside.

Police said the man was described as being in his 30s with short brown hair. He was wearing a camouflage jacket.

It was later reported to police that, on the previous Wednesday, a white pickup truck driven by a man matching the same description approached two 9-year-old boys on their bicycles in the same neighborhood.

The man told them he had the best candy around and they could get it from the back of his truck, police said.

He also told the boys that if they told anyone about the incident, he "won't give them a chance to live," according to the police.

Anyone with information that may assist in the investigation is urged to call PO Brian Smith at 845-628-1300 or email him.

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