San Diego, CA
Search underway for man in East County who told boy, 8, to get in his car
Authorities alerted the public Friday to a possible child-abduction attempt that occurred this week in a neighborhood near El Cajon.
An 8-year-old boy was walking home from school in the unincorporated Bostonia area about 2 p.m. Thursday when a white pickup truck stopped alongside him on Greenfield Drive near state Route 67 and the man behind the wheel told him to get in the vehicle, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office.
“The boy ran away from the vehicle, which then drove away,” Detective Sgt. Colin Snodgrass said Friday. “A woman witnessed the incident and, believing it suspicious, waited with the boy until his mother arrived. … The case has been assigned to a sheriff’s detective, and the investigation is ongoing.”
The driver of the truck was described as a bald, muscular white man with several tattoos.
Anyone who might be able to help identify the suspect is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 858-868-3200.