Police investigating attempted luring of Summerside girl

Summerside police are trying to identify the driver of an SUV-style vehicle after a 12-year-old girl reported a man tried to lure her into the vehicle on Tuesday afternoon.

Police say a 12-year-old girl reported she was sitting on thefront step of her home on a Summerside street around noon, when a man in a red SUV-style vehicle drove up.

"There was a male driver who had told the girl he had a puppy and some candy in the vehicle with him, and that if she got in the vehicle he wouldgive her some of the candy," said Sgt. JasonBlacquiere.

The girl turned and immediately went back inside her home, he said.

"In this case the girl did the right thing. She went right back into the house and told her dad what had happened. Dad came out and by that time the vehicle had fled the area," Blacquiere said.

The vehicle is described asredwith chrome on the front and side doors. The suspect is described as a man in his 40s with a buzz cut, tanned skin and was wearing sunglasses at the time of the incident.

Blacquiere said these incidents don't happenoften in the Summerside area, but "there is certainly cause for concern."

Summerside police are asking anyone with information to call them or Crime Stoppers.

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