Crime & Safety

5th Child Luring Incident Reported In Delaware County

State Police said the incident occurred Sept. 18 and was reported Oct. 1 after four other incidents of potential child luring were reported.

MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — Another child luring incident has been reported in Delaware County.

According to Pennsylvania State Police, the incident occurred at about 5 p.m. on Sept. 18 at a Middletown Township home.

Police said the complainant said she and her two sons were playing soccer in their back yard when a man walked up to their backyard fence.

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The man asked the boys to leave their yard to could show them something, police said.

Police said the man raised his voice in an effort to get the boys to leave the yard, but the boys ran inside and told a parent.

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According to police, the complainant decided to report the incident after police in Haverford, Upper Darby, and Radnor reported potential child luring incidents in recent days.



State Police described the man in the Middletown incident as a white man with gray hair, standing 5 feet 10 inches tall. Police said his voice was like Goofy or Mickey Mouse.

He was driving a black SUV of unknown make and model

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Pennsylvania State Police (484) 840-1000.

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