Crime & Safety

Attempted Child Abduction Reported In Lower Bucks County

Be aware, police in lower Bucks County are investigating an attempted child abduction.

Be aware: an attempted child abduction was reported Wednesday evening in Lower Bucks County.

Resident Stephen Johnston tells CBS3 he was walking with his 4-year-old son in in Levittown's Goldenridge neighborhood around 8 p.m. that evening when he noticed a suspicious car pass twice.

When his son fell a few feet behind to pick up sticks, the vehicle, described as a red pickup truck, moved in on the boy and the driver yelled something about a puppy, Johnston said in an on-air video.

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The car then speed off.

"The intent was there to try and do something," Johnston said.

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Police are investigating and are seeking an older model, red Ford pickup truck with peeling paint. The driver is described as a white man, with dark hair in his 40s, CBS3 said.

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