NEW YORK, NY – Detectives with the New York City Police Department’s 45th Precinct are investigating a child luring incident that took place last Wednesday. Today, police released video surveillance footage of the delivery truck wanted in connection with that incident.
According to police, on Wednesday, February 1, at approximately 4:45 pm, the 14-year-old female victim was walking in the vicinity of Lawton Avenue and Milton Place when an unknown male individual driving a large white box truck started approaching her.
“The individual then exited the vehicle, making gestures and comments toward the victim while attempting to lure the victim into the truck,” the NYPD said in a statement. “The victim ran away, and the male fled in the truck in an unknown direction.”
The girl was not injured during the incident. The male suspect is believed to be in his 30s. The vehicle is described as a large white box truck with unknown lettering on the driver’s side door.
No arrests have been made at this time.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips.