Parents are asking the public to be on the lookout for two men who attempted to lure a young boy into their vehicle Sunday afternoon near Mott Crescent and Sangster Place.
Three kids - 12, 11 and six - were playing in a laneway behind their home at McBride Boulevard and Mott Crescent, when they were approached by two men in a black SUV.
"The vehicle came down the back lane towards them, and the boys said the two men in the vehicle looked right at them and then turned the corner and started to go up the hill towards 10th Avenue and then they stopped and backed down the lane," said Karen Peterson, mother of the six-year-old. According to Peterson, the men then proceeded to speak with the six-year-old, offering him a new bike for free, but he would have to go with them to get it.
"The boys said 'no, we don't want your bike,' and they came right to our door right away and told us what happened," she said.
The vehicle was determined to be a black, four-door Cadillac Escalade. The kids described the driver as "maybe Mexican looking" with black hair and sunglasses, while the passenger was described as a bald Asian man. Both appeared to be in their 20s, according to the kids.
Peterson contacted the New Westminster Police Department and officers were dispactched to the scene Sunday afternoon, said Sgt. Diana McDaniel.
"There was no plate obtained, so we just did a sweep of the area. We tried to locate (the vehicle), and we didn't locate (it)," she said.
Police alerted neighbouring detachments of the RCMP about the vehicle but have since received no sightings.
McDaniel said the department was releasing a notice to the public.
