Young Female Accosted by Man On Way To School
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 @ 3:30 PM
Prince George- Police are continuing their investigation into an incident involving a female high school student walking to school today.
A 15 year old female Duchess Park Student was walking towards the Secondary School when a man in a dark colored Ford Explorer pulled over and told her to get in the vehicle. The incident occurred near the corner of 20th and Upland.
The female pulled out her cell phone and the man drove away, temporarily. A few minutes later, the same suspect in the same vehicle, showed up again and followed the girl through the Parkwood Mall parking lot at the corner of 15th Avenue and Victoria Street. When the teenager arrived at school, she called police. Officers attended the area and made extensive patrols, however the suspect vehicle was not located.
The young lady told police that this was the third time in 30 days that this man has confronted her.
The man is described as:
· Approximately 50 years old
· Grayish blonde hair
· Possibly wearing glasses
Police believe this girl is likely being targeted, as this is the third incident. Neither of the two previous incidents were reported. The Prince George RCMP take these reports seriously and would like to speak to the driver of the vehicle.
Police would like to encourage youth with cell phones to call police (9-1-1) immediately when confronted by strangers.
Comments
My goodness, this is scary.
I wish she had been able to get a plate # during one of the incidents.
Don’t bother calling 911 at the time of the incident there young lady. Duh!
Use the cell phone to take a picture of the vehicle, the plate and the driver. Everyone seems to have one in their hands these days.
We have been complaining about men driving around the VlA and area for years looking for prey. A few years ago friends had their grand daughter house sitting. She was walking home from her job and this old guy was following her asking her if she was working and she told him yes and he kept following her ,she finally clued in and it really scared her. .
Teenagers are pretty savy. It seems hard to imagine that this girl didn’t take a picture, or call the police when this person first followed her. And today, why wait till she got to school to call the cops? She had a cell phone! Even if she was out of minutes, she could have made an emergency call. If a creep in a vehicle had followed me from 20th to Parkwood, and I had seen the same weirdo a few times over the past 30 days, I’d be calling!
Sometimes more questions need to be asked.
It is shocking that some of these comments are accusing and demeaning towards the child who was approached! Are you kidding me? How would one expect a young female that is alone and approached to be thinking? “Savy” or scared and not able to think straight? Why no wonder kids are scared to report things at all or wait until later after their friends convince them to. Some questions do need to be asked but regarding public support/response to victims, not the victims themselves.
Just pointing out, Perpetual, that at some point, over the past 30 days, which is the time frame here, the girl involved might have thought to call the police. I’m sure she wasn’t terrified the entire time. Sometimes things are not what they seem.
Not all teenagers are “savy” and you know nothing about this girl, or where this person may have approached her before or in what way. It may have taken 3 times for her to connect the dots or to even realize this was a dangerous situation.
I am of the belief that those who try to shift blame onto the victim do so to make themselves feel better and safer. It can never happen to them because they would be more “savy”.
Also, Things don’t always happen like you see on tv. When your adrenaline is going and you are scared, you aren’t always thinking about taking a photo or making a call. Maybe just getting around other people was priority number 1.
I hope they find out who this bozo is.
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