Crime & Safety
Man Tries To Lure Children From Lincoln Park School: Police
The man told children he was their ride-share driver and tried to lure them into his minivan, police said.
CHICAGO — A man tried to lure children from a school in Lincoln Park Wednesday, police said in a community alert. The man told the children he was their ride-share driver.
The students were outside for recess at about 1:15 p.m. in the 600 block of West Drummond Place, when the man pulled up in a black minivan, police said. He told them, "I'm your Uber driver, get in the car," according to the community alert.
The children went to go tell a staff member and the man drove off, police said.
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The suspect is described as between 30-40 years old, with black hair and bushy eyebrows. He was driving a dirty, older black minivan, possibly a Chrysler Pacifica, with a pink sticker on the passenger side windshield, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Area North detectives at (312) 744-8200.
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