2 Redwood City Teens Report Harassment From Men

REDWOOD CITY, CA — Detectives in Redwood City are investigating two separate reports of unidentified men harassing teen girls, according to police. Officials on Tuesday said the first case happened during the afternoon hours on Aug. 18 near the bus turnaround at 1 James. A 13-year-old girl told police a man in his 50s with only one eye approached her, offering candy and marijuana cigarettes before she boarded the bus.

In the second case, reported on the afternoon of Aug. 23, a 16-year-old Sequoia High School student told police she was approached by a bearded man in his 20s or 30s who was wearing paint-spattered clothes and driving a white minivan. The girl said the man asked to pay her $150 to give him a massage. The girl left the area and went inside the school

Police said there was no apparent connection between the two cases but asked parents and students to stay vigilant.

"If you are a student and you are harassed by a stranger, or if you are the parent of [a] child in those circumstances, please notify law enforcement as soon as possible," police said Tuesday. "The sooner we receive the information the quicker we can assign investigators to work on it."

Anyone with information that could help police find the two men in question can contact the police department at 650-780-7100.