Luring Incidents

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Hackensack police investigating sixth reported luring in Bergen County
March 17, 2014, 11:51 AM
By STEFANIE DAZIO
Staff Writer
The Record

Hackensack police are investigating a reported luring attempt Monday morning a few blocks from the city’s middle school, authorities said.

A white or Hispanic male with a goatee approached a student walking to school around Union and Lawrence streets at 7:36 a.m. and asked for help to look for a lost dog, Hackensack Police Capt. Thomas Salcedo said. The child declined.

The man, reported to be between 20- and 30-years-old, was last seen driving a black two-door Honda north on Union Street, Salcedo said. The incident was reported to police at 8:53 a.m.

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Hackensack police issue sketch of driver in possible luring attempt
March 18, 2014, 10:16 PM
By JIM NORMAN
STAFF WRITER
The Record

Hackensack police on Tuesday released a composite drawing of a suspect in a luring incident in which a man tried to persuade a 13-year-old middle school student to get into his car to help find a lost puppy.

The student was on his way to Hackensack Middle School shortly after 7:30 a.m. on Monday, said Detective Sgt. Niles Malvasia, when a man in a black two-door Honda Civic pulled over to the side of Union Street and said he needed help finding his daughter’s lost puppy.

A composite sketch of a suspect in a possible luring attempt in Hackensack.
Hackensack Police Department

“The child did exactly what he was supposed to do,” Malvasia said. “He said, ‘No, sir, I can’t help you,’ and he ran up Union Street to school and told administrators what happened.”

The suspect was described as a white or Hispanic male with dark spiked hair and a goatee.

Malvasia said the description did not match descriptions of other luring suspects in nearby communities over the last week. “This looks like an isolated case,” he said.