An alert has been issued for parents and children in Middlebury as police are investigating possible cases of “stranger danger.”
The reports to Middlebury Police are about a man whose been trying to get children inside his vehicle.
The latest incident happened around 2:45, Monday afternoon, in the Westlake Estates and Spring Valley neighborhoods, according to 95.3 MNC’s reporting partners at The Elkhart Truth.
According to police, the man asked a boy if he wanted to go for a ride. Investigators believe the same man had been spotted in downtown Middlebury approaching children at some bus stops, The Elkhart Truth reported.
The suspect is described as white, bald with a short black beard with a brown shirt with camouflage on it. He was also wearing blue jeans. The vehicle he’s been seen in is a black Toyota sedan with an “In God We Trust” license plate.
Anybody who thinks they’ve seen him should contact Middlebury Police or the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department.