SALINE COUNTY — According to a media release from the Saline County Sheriff, just after 7:30a.m. Friday, deputies responded to a belated suspicious activity call that occurred in the 600 block of East Shipton Road in Saline County.
A juvenile, waiting on his bus in that area, reported he was approached by a white or possibly Hispanic male and ordered to get in the man’s vehicle. The juvenile ran away and the vehicle fled the scene.
A short time later, a bus driver observed the suspect vehicle driving in the area. The Sheriff’s Office immediately saturated the area, conducting traffic stops on vehicles matching the description, but the suspect is still outstanding.
The male suspect has been described as a shorter, medium-built, white or Hispanic male with dark hair (possibly black), which appeared combed to the side and appeared to be over his ears. The suspect possibly had a dark goatee or facial hair and a scruffy appearance. The suspect was wearing a white tank top and had a gold necklace around his neck. The suspect was described as having tattoos on both arms and he spoke with a low, scratchy voice.
The suspect vehicle has been described as a dark-colored, possibly black or dark green, older model four-door passenger car with tinted windows. The vehicle was covered in dust and very dirty. The vehicle’s appearance was described as similar to an older model Pontiac Grand Prix or Grand Am or an older model Buick LeSabre.
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SALINE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating report of a man who allegedly tried to lure a grade-school boy into his car just before 7:30 a.m. Friday in Saline County.
A Bennington school bus driver reported that when she stopped in the 600 block of East Shipton Road to pick up a student, the boy told her that a man tried to lure him into a car, according to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan.
The school bus driver did not see the driver but saw the car described as a dirty black or dark green 1980s Pontiac Grand Prix or Grand Am.
The boy had come down the drive to wait for the bus when the car pulled up.
When the man, who the boy described as a scruffy white male in his late 30s, attempted to lure the boy into the car, the boy started running back to his house until he saw the school bus pull up.
Soldan asked that anyone in the area with home surveillance video to please check the video for the car described and to contact the Saline County Sheriff’s Office at 785-826-6500 if their video captured images of the car.