By: Las Vegas Now Staff
A 9-year-old girl is safe after someone tried to abduct her on her way to school. Police are patrolling the area, looking for the suspect.
Normally, the little girl's parents walk her to Crestwood Elementary School, but in her attempt to be more independent, they let her walk alone Thursday. She was walking near a blue ice cream truck when a stranger drove up.
Police say the stranger drove up in a silver SUV with the windows rolled down and told the fourth grader to “get in.” The little girl refused and ran away. Her mother says she never thought this would happen to her daughter in a million years.
“She ran up here to the front office, and she told them,” said Patricia Hale, the girl's mom. “She is a little scared shaken up but she will be okay. She is 9, Hispanic, Native American and she tries to be independent.”
“She is pretty shaken up. No harm came to her, she did the right thing,” said Sgt. Kathy Cosmides. ”The parents are consoling her now and the counselor is talking to her and it might be a good idea for her to stay in school and enjoy her friends because she did the right thing.”
The girl's mother says that for now, they will be driving her to school again or making sure someone is with her. Police say they will patrol the neighborhood slowly before and after school, looking for vehicles that match the description of a silver SUV. The child's recollection of the suspect is simply too vague, according to police, to issue an accurate description.
There is a surveillance system on the school, but its visibility doesn't reach beyond the school property.
Police are telling parents to tell their children I they are approached by someone who tells them to get in the car, tell your children to wave their arms, yell a lot and say you don't know this person. Tell them to draw as much attention as possible. That's the last thing a kidnapper wants.
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