Report Of Stranger Offering Student Ride Home In Watertown A ‘Misunderstanding’: Police

WATERTOWN, CT — Police have determined the stranger who approached a local student this week was actually a new driver, and the whole incident was a misunderstanding, according to police.

On Thursday, police told the community an unknown person approached a student as he was walking home from school that day and asked if he needed a ride, which the student declined.

It happened in the vicinity of Swift Middle School, according to police, who launched an investigation.

On Friday, police said there was never any threat to students or the community.

“We want to update our community that this incident was determined to be a misunderstanding,” police said, in an announcement Friday on Facebook. “The individual involved was a new driver for a school-contracted student transport service who was unfamiliar with the area.”