Suspicious male
On Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at approximately 4:10p.m., while walking home from school, a 12 year old female was approached by a male in a silver/grey 4 door sedan in the area of Yorkshire Road and Foster Avenue, Guelph. This unknown male stopped his vehicle and engaged the female in conversation. She stepped back from his vehicle and created distance for herself. The male then drove beside the female for a short distance. He was last seen turning left onto Paisley Road from Yorkshire Road.
The suspect is described as a male white, approximately 41- 45 years in age, bald, brown eyes, clean shaven, his cheeks were sunken and cheek bones were prominent. He was wearing a short sleeved dark green-grey shirt with visible tattoos on his left forearm. This male also had a small hoop silver earing in his left ear. He spoke with a gruff voice. Should you recognize this male or have any information that would assist the Guelph Police in their investigation, please contact Det. R. Cox of the Guelph Police Service at 519-824-1212 ext 7275 or Crimestoppers.
Parents are encouraged to remind their children of the following safety tips.
Where possible, your children should play and walk with other children.
Avoid situations where strangers may approach your child alone, such as an unsupervised play area, empty lots, abandoned buildings, bushy area of parks, creeks and riverbeds.
If someone is following or frightening your child, they should turn around and get away. Run home or to a Block Parent home or the nearest public place such as a school, store, or office. Your child should also try to remember what the driver and car looked like or its license number.