Victoria Police have released a composite drawing of a suspect wanted in connection with a child luring incident on Monday, July 3rd.
Officers were called just after 4 p.m. after a 12-year-old reported that she and her friend were approached by a man who tried to get her to go to a secluded part of the Cecelia Ravine Park. Police says the girls did the right thing running away to seek assistance from a parent. The girl was not physically injured.
The suspect they're looking for is a white male, about 25 years old, over six feet tall, with dark straight brown hair. He wore a dark coloured ball cap, blue denim frayed shorts, Adidas black runners with three white stripes, and it's believed that the man has a moustache and a light goatee. He was also carrying a basketball and police believe he may play basketball regularly at the basketball court located in the 3100-block of Napier Lane. Police are asking anyone who thinks they may know the man, or who saw anything to call them ( at 250-995-7654) or Crime Stoppers (1-800-222-8477).
Detectives says they don't believe this incident is connected with any other incident in the Victoria. They also ask parerts to talk to their kids about never leaving with stranger and teaching them who the trusted adults are in their lives. For more information visit: https://www.protectchildren.ca/pdfs/KIK_7RootSafetyStrategies_en.pdf