Police are still not sure who the man was, though parents believe he walked past their house again a few days after the incident.
Parents of a 6-year-old Port Washington girl say a man who approached her while playing outside asking if she wanted to get ice cream again walked past their house a few days later. At 5:12 p.m. Oct. 28, the girl was playing in the 200 block of E. Antoine Dr., when the man approached her, police reports said. The man asked the girl if she wanted to go with him for ice cream. He is described as black, wearing a gray jacket and red or maroon shoes. Neighbors searched the area for the man, but did not find him. At 8:46 p.m. Oct. 31, police again received a call from the parents who believe the man who had talked to their daughter had just walked by their house. The husband followed the man to his residence in the 1400 block of Parkway Drive, …
Strange man in burgundy/maroon van told a young girl that she was part of his morning pickup while she was walking to Dunwiddie Elementary School. The man drove off, but police are looking for him.
Editor's note: This article was updated at 6 p.m. April 4 to include further information about the van driver's description from a witness who came forward after the initial incident. Port Washington police say a man in a van who approached a kindergartener walking to school Tuesday morning has yet to resurface. "We’ve been in the area and have not come across anything matching the description given to us," Port Washington Police Captain of Operations Mike Davel said. "Part of our problem was this was reported 12 hours late, and we’ve got no plates." School officials warned parents and students to be extra careful after the incident. "The police department contacted us," Dunwiddie Elementary Principal Diane Johnson said in an e-mail to …
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Darcie Koreen
10:24 am on Monday, November 12, 2012
Sadly to say, our children are not safe left alone to play anywhere, in any community. My heart goes out to that little girl and her parents. I pray her parents, and all parents, will be more vigilant in the future and not allow their child to play unattended. It is just another sign of the times. It sounds like her parents did the right thing in teaching her not to go near strangers. They can me… more ›