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Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a “suspicious person” after a child was lured to a car with candy near a Mississauga park.
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Peel Regional Police said the incident happened April 23 at about noon at 3316 Cardross Rd., near Burnhamdale Park, where a man allegedly approached a student and requested that they come to his vehicle to get candy.
“The child did not know the man who then grabbed the child by the wrist,” police said in a news release. “The child managed to break free by hitting the man and got to a safe place.”
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Police said they are looking for a white male with brown hair and black glasses who was wearing a red shirt and blue shorts at the time. He left the area in a black SUV.
Anyone with information or video footage from the area on April 22 and 23 between 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. is asked to contact police at 905-453-2121, Ext. 1233, or Peel Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or www.peelcrimestoppers.ca.
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