by ECM | September 6, 2017 6:05 am
East County News Service
September 5, 2017 (Poway) – The Sheriff seeks public help to locate three suspects in a white van who reportedly tried to kidnap two boys, ages 9 and 12.
According to the boys, the van pulled up next to them as they were walking along Martincoit Road on Thursday, August 21st. A front passenger wearing a black ski mask tried to grab the 12-year-old through an open window and ordered him to “Get in the car.”
The boys managed to get away and run to a friend’s house, where they called 911, said Sergeant Robert Roberson.
The man in the ski mask was described as possibly a white male, with muscular, hair arms. The vehicle was described as an older model, dirty white van with a dent over the rear passenger tire well.
No one was injured and there were no witnesses.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff’s Poway Station at (858) 513-2800.
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