Police are warning residents of the Far North Side of an attempted child abduction that occurred in the West Rogers Park neighborhood last week.
About 3:45 p.m. Friday, a man got out of a purple van on the 7300 block of North Sacramento Avenue and told a young boy that he would drive him home, according to a Chicago Police community alert. The child apparently was not harmed.
The man was described as between 35 and 39 years old, possibly Hispanic, with short with balding hair, wearing a black shirt and white pants, according to police.
The van may have had a license plate with “K” as the first letter, as well as some type of sticker on the back. The van is said to have rusty hub caps.
Police are advising residents not to allow children to travel alone on the streets, or stand alone at bus stops or in other public areas. They are also reminding parents to caution children to be alert for strangers or suspicious vehicles, and to report any suspicious activity to an adult or police.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call Belmont Area Special Victims Unit detectives at (312) 744-8200.
(YWN Chicago News Desk)
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i guess it is better to post this information 4 days after it happened then not to post it at all , however yeshiva world should be more aware as to what goes on outside in other Jewish communities outside the new york metropolitan area
So what happened?!
Re. Comment No. 1:
Please do not blame YWN. The Chicago Police did not publicize the incident until four days after it happened; YWN reported it immediately thereafter.
As a former resident of the area, I can tell you that this is typical of the lazy — some say corrupt — Chicago Police. Several times in the past, after incidents near Yeshivos and Bais Yaakov schools, we requested Police presence (e.g., a squad car) in the vicinity. The response has always been that they are “too busy”; (writing traffic and parking tickets [generating revenue for the city] and providing private security for merchants [generating revenue for themselves]).
This is in contrast with the Police in the suburbs near Chicago, who have been very helpful to Mosdos and individuals.