Update: Misunderstanding Prompted Scare Related to Orange Lincoln, Deputies Say

BRADENTON, FL — Update Oct. 21, 4:19 p.m.: The driver of the orange Lincoln heard about the report and went to Lee Middle School to speak with the school resource officer on Friday. The sheriff's office said the man was calling out to his own daughter, not the girl who became frightened.

The deputy confirmed with the man's daughter, also a Lee student, "that her father called to her and picked her up at that location yesterday afternoon," an email from the sheriff's office said. "It appears the incident was simply a misunderstanding."

Earlier:

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious incident that occurred this week involving a 13-year-old girl and a man in an older model orange, four-door Lincoln.

According to the agency, the girl was walking to the Boys & Girls Club after school on Thursday, Oct. 20 when the Lincoln pulled up beside her at the intersection of 53rd Avenue West and 34th Street.

“The suspect asked the juvenile to get into his vehicle several times,” an email from the sheriff’s office said. The girl ran to the club instead, the agency noted. The man drove off westbound on 53rd Avenue West.

The incident was reported to the school resource officer at Lee Middle School Friday morning.

The man behind the wheel is described as a black male between the age of 30 and 35. He was wearing a black T-shirt, had short, dark hair and a goatee. The girl told deputies he had numerous tattoos on his arms, as well.

No further information is available at this time.

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