Police investigating attempted luring of Summerside girl
Suspect described as a man in his 40s
Summerside police are trying to identify the driver of an SUV-style vehicle after a 12-year-old girl reported a man tried to lure her into the vehicle on Tuesday afternoon.
Police say a 12-year-old girl reported she was sitting on the front step of her home on a Summerside street around noon, when a man in a red SUV-style vehicle drove up.
"There was a male driver who had told the girl he had a puppy and some candy in the vehicle with him, and that if she got in the vehicle he would give her some of the candy," said Sgt. Jason Blacquiere.
The girl turned and immediately went back inside her home, he said.
"In this case the girl did the right thing. She went right back into the house and told her dad what had happened. Dad came out and by that time the vehicle had fled the area," Blacquiere said.
The vehicle is described as red with chrome on the front and side doors. The suspect is described as a man in his 40s with a buzz cut, tanned skin and was wearing sunglasses at the time of the incident.
Blacquiere said these incidents don't happen often in the Summerside area, but "there is certainly cause for concern."
Summerside police are asking anyone with information to call them or Crime Stoppers.