Wednesday, September 15, 1999
Police issue abduction warning
Three attempts made on girls in Hamilton
BY STEVE KEMME
The Cincinnati Enquirer
HAMILTON — Three attempted abductions of young teen-aged girls here by the same man within two months have prompted police to issue warnings to residents and two schools.
On Friday, a white male tried to grab a 13-year-old girl at Ross and South East Street, near Van Buren Elementary School, but she broke away and ran, said Hamilton Police Officer Dave Crawford.
Two previous abduction attempts occurred near St. Julie Billiart School, on Schuler Avenue.
On Aug. 31, a man in a dark green car approached a 14-year-old girl in the 1200 block of Kahn Avenue, grabbed her by the arm and ordered her into his car, Officer Crawford said.
The girl broke free and ran to a friend's house, he said.
In mid-July, a man in a dark green car pulled over near a 15-year-old girl at Grand Boulevard and Parrish Avenue and asked her to come closer to his car, Officer Crawford said. When she started to walk away, he tried to grab her, and she ran, he said.
Police think the same man made all three abduction attempts.
The man was described as 35 to 40 years old, stocky and bald, Officer Crawford said.
Since Friday's attempted abduction, police have alerted officials at Van Buren and St. Julie Billiart and residents in the vicinity of the crime areas.
“We want children to know they should avoid approaching cars with strangers in them and to stay in groups as much as possible when they're outside,” Officer Crawford said.
Officials at Van Buren and St. Julie Billiart warned children and their parents through letters and announcements at school.
“Fortunately, most of our children are bus riders or car riders,” said Peg Noonan Hunsberger, principal of St. Julie Billiart. “I've told our walkers to stay in groups and I've asked the older children to watch out for the younger children.”
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