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Police investigating alleged abduction attempt from Roxbury elementary school
Boston police are investigating a potential kidnapping attempt after a man allegedly tried to bribe a girl into a van, police said.
Police are investigating a reported kidnapping attempt at a Roxbury school after a man allegedly tried to coax a young student into a van on Thursday, police said.
At around 9:30 a.m. at the Dudley Street Neighborhood School, a young girl on the playground noticed a man standing outside of a minivan wearing a black ski mask, Boston Police Department officers wrote in an incident report.
The playground sits on the corner of Shirley Street and Dudley Street and is surrounded by a five- to six-foot tall metal fence, BPD wrote.
The girl alleges that a “light skinned male with hazel eyes wearing a ski black mask and grey Nike tech sweatshirt” offered her money and asked her to get in the van, police wrote.
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The girl screamed, which caught the attention of others, BPD said.
When school staff approached the van, the driver fled toward Nubian Square/Dudley Station, police said.
No arrests have been made, and the incident is still under investigation, the report indicates.
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