Crime & Safety
Snapchat Luring Incident Reported In Snohomish County
An 11-year-old girl went to meet with a 14-year-old boy she met on Snapchat, but it turned out to be an adult man.
MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, WA — An adult man lured an 11-year-old Mountlake Terrace girl to meet with him after posing as a young teen on the app Snapchat, according to police.
The man posed as a 14-year-old boy named JoJo on Snapchat, police reported. He asked the girl to meet with him at Mountlake Terrace Elementary school along 52nd Avenue West.
The girl brought her 12-year-old friend along for the meeting. When they arrived, a man in his 20s was waiting for them in a car. The man tried to convince the girls to come with him, but they refused. The man left the meeting, but then circled the area in his car.
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Police are looking for information from anyone who might've witnessed the incident. Contact Mountlake Terrace police at (425) 670-8260.
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