Unidentified Man Wanted for Attempted Kidnapping at Holiday Parade: Police

ATHENS, GA — The Athens-Clarke County Police Department announced Friday that it's looking for a man who attempted to kidnap a child last week during the city's annual Downtown Parade of Lights.

On its Facebook page, the department released a surveillance photo of a man it describes as "a person of interest" in the Dec. 1 incident. The unidentified individual tried to pick up and walk away with a child in the area of North Hull Street and West Hancock Street, the police said.

They describe the individual as a white man with reddish-brown hair and a scruffy beard, possibly in his 40s or 50s, and about 5 feet 8 inches tall with an average build.

He was last seen wearing dark pants or blue jeans and a green, brown or blue plaid flannel jacket, "and walking west on Hancock Avenue," the police said on their Facebook page.

If you have any information that may help the Police Department, please contact Detective Shannon Parker at (706) 613-3888 ext. 783.

Image: Surveillance photo of the person of interest (ACCPD)