Crime & Safety
Bolingbrook Student Nearly Abducted Tuesday: Police
Valley View School District 365U sent out an alert to parents Wednesday about the incident.
A man tried to pull a 16-year-old girl into his car while she was walking home from school Tuesday, according to Bolingbrook police.
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The teen attends Bolingbrook High School. The incident took place near Radcliff Drive and Old Stone Road.
She was walking home from school when a man attempted to grab her and pull her into his car. A bystander saw the struggle and yelled at the man, who then fled the area in his car.
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The 16-year-old went home and told her parents, who called 911.
The subject is driving a blue, late 1990's Ford Explorer. The offender was described as a black man wearing a tight shirt with short hair and a muscular build.
The incident remains under investigation.
Editor's note: The article previously reported the incident took place on Wednesday. Patch regrets the error.
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