Crime & Safety

Man Tries To Lure Boy Into His Car Near Yorktown High School: Police

Police say an older man pulled up to the boy and offered him a ride, and left when he was rebuffed.

ARLINGTON, VA — Police are looking for a driver who tried to entice a boy into his car near Yorktown High School in North Arlington.

Police say that at about 8 a.m. on May 25 in the 3000 block of N. Harrison Street, a boy of an unspecified age was walking in the area when a man pulled alongside him in a silver four-door sedan, according to a report from the Arlington County Police Department.

"The subject asked the juvenile where he was going and if he wanted a ride," the report states. "When the juvenile responded no, the subject drove off in an unknown direction."

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Police described the man as white, between 40 and 60 years of age, and with gray hair.

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