Police are investigating an attempted child abduction that reportedly took place in a Brick Township apartment complex on Saturday night.
BRICK TOWNSHIP - Police are investigating an attempted child abduction that reportedly took place in apartment complex on Saturday night.
At approximately 9 p.m. on Saturday, Brick Township police received a call in reference to an attempted child abduction in the Waterside Gardens Apartment Complex.
(File photo) A 10-year-old female, whose name was not released but resides in Waterside Gardens, told Officer Mike Miller that she was playing hide and seek with her friends when two male subjects called over for her to come to them.
The girl said the men followed her when she refused, and that one of the men got close enough to her to tell her that if she didn't go with them, he would force her to go, police said.
The male then grabbed the girl by the arm, but she pulled away and fled from the scene. The men ran in the opposite direction, entered a dirty, blue minivan with silver rims that was running nearby and then drove away, police said.
One of the men was described as a white male, who was wearing a New York Yankees baseball hat, blue tank top shirt and blue jeans. He was described as having tattoos covering both of his arms, to his wrists. He smelled of alcohol and body odor, police said.
The second subject was described a white male, who was wearing white cargo shorts, a tan shirt and glasses. He was also wearing an unknown colored baseball hat and may have had a tattoo on his right bicep.
Detective Bob Shepherd of the Brick Township is investigating the incident.
Anyone who may have information relevant to the case is asked to call the Police Department at 732-262-1100 or the Detective Shepherd at 732-262-1121.
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